Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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i i nto chapt e rs It const i tut e s the revelat i on procla m e d by Moham e d as r e ce i ved dur i n g the latter part of his lif e at Me cca Each chapt e r b e g i w i th t h e words In th e na m e of the m ost m erc f u first chapter r e ad P ais e be God t h e Lord of all creatur e s most m e rci f u th e k ing o f t h e day of judg m e nt Th ee do w e wors p and o f T h e e do we b e g a i stanc e Dir ct in the right way o f those to whom T hou hast e e n g a i ous not o f th e against whom Thou are i ncen d nor t astray C RE A T I N A D A M f o low i ng story of t h e crea i on o f da m con in the Koran and it ives the nute t par i some portions o f it I have ta k en f m t a i w h ch are der iv ed f om Moh mm ed self and the i e ssential featur e s found in the Koran but are carr i ed out and complet e d by oral tra tions are cons i d e r e d th e Moha m m e dan s th e ology morals Wh e n the Lord said unto th e ang e ls I am going to cr e t e a man on earth th e y s id i t T hou plac e there on e who will do e vil th e rein and shed blood God Veri y I know w ch y e know not and H e ta ght da m th e nam e s of all things and then asked th e se nam e s of th e ang e ls Th e y answ e r e d Prais e be to The e w e hav e no nowl e dg e but what Thou e ach e st us for T hou know i ng and w i s e God said dam t e ll them th e ir nam e s wh e n h e had told th e m th e ir na m e God said I not t e ll you that I ow th e s e cr e ts of h e aven and e arth and know that w ch ye disc v e and that w ch y e conc e al Th e fou m ost e xalted ang e ls w e r e co mm anded to bring from th e four corn e rs of th e e arth th e dust out o f w ch llah form e d th e body of dam th e h e ad and heart For th e s e H e e mploy e d e xclusiv e ly th e sacr e d e art h of M e cc and M e n from th e v e ry spot on w c h in later times th e holy Kaaba and th e s e pulchr of were e rected Wh e n inhabitants of h e v e n sav e Iblis h ad ga ze d on da m in long and si e nt wond e r th e y bur out prais e s to lah C e ator of th e first m an who so t and b e auti f i t t pl l y d y o f M oh d h d g t v t i o M oh d t th f to d M b h yi g th i p y ah t en d i rected the ange to ba he t h e so dam which h e had creat e d a thousand years be f ore his body in th e of glo y which proc e edeth fro m H i m self command e d it to yet li el e ss f or m Th e soul h e sitat e d it unwilling to e x chang e th e boundl e ss h e av e ns for narrow ho m e but llah said Thou must a mat dam e ven gainst thy will and th e punishm e nt of thy e n e thou h lt on e b e s e p rat e d from his also gainst thy will ah th e n br e ath e d upon it with such viole c e that it rush e d through th e nostrils of dam into his h e d On r e chi g his e y e s they w e r e open e d and h e th e th on e of ll h with th e tion Ther e is but on e God and Mohammed is h i s m e s s e nger Th e soul th e n p en e t at d to e ars and h e heard th e ng e ls prai ing lah ther e upon his own t gu e h e c i e l e e d b e Thou my Cr e to th e o y on e and e t r l Th e so l st p e rvaded all th e limbs of d m and wh e n it had re h e d his f e t it gav e him th e pow e to ris e but on ris i ng h e oblig e d to hut his e y e s for a li ht shon e on h im f rom th e th on e of th e Lord which h e was unable to e ndu e and pointing with hand t ward i t w e he s d e d h i s s with th e o her nqu r e d O llah what fla es It is th e light th e prop h t hall d e nd f ro m t h ee pp e ar e ar h in l t e r t m By m y g ory o y for sa k e have I cr t d th ee t h e whol e world In h e av n n e hmed but he h l b lled M o h a mm ed on o t p i one o f those cheru bi n app n ed s ng w i thout ceas i ng pra i ses of ah b ut h ve glid e d aw y instant to vis i t th e parad i e whic h e has p e par e d th e faith f u Wilt t h ou conceal me und e r thy b e autifu wings Why should I do an act which m s bring the pleasur e ah upon me T ke m e with the e char m ing b ird and I wi te th e e t ee myster ous words which hall k eep th e e f ro m sick ess ag e and deat Must then th e inhabitants o f Paradis d i e w i thout e xception who know not the three words which I poss e ss Speak e st thou th e truth By llah th e al gh y Th e p e acock believed h im for e v drea m that any cr ature would wear f ly b y m ak e r y e t f e aring l e st m ight search closely on his r e turn h e steadily r f s e d to ta k e i along with him but pro m is e d to nd out the serpent who ght mo e e asily scov e r th e mean o f int hi m unobs e rv e d into th e garden Now th e s e p e t fi st th e qu ee n of all b e s s H e r head was l e rubi and her eye li k e e m r d H e r skin shown lik e a m irror of var i ous hue ha i r was soft li ke that of a nobl e r n and her fo m s e m b led the stat e ly cam e l h e r br e ath was weet i k m usk and am b er and h e r words were song o f p i f ed on a ron and h er res i place w r cold and heat f rom hunge and t rst a ke at yo r discretion of e v e ry t ng tha it contains only on e of its fr ts shall b e d e ni e d you B e ware that you t ans gre s not this on e command watch ag inst th e wi y rancor of Iblis H e is your e n e my b e caus e h e was over thrown your account cunning is infinit e and aims at your d e stru tion Th e new creat e d pair h ee d e d llah s words and l v e d a long ti m e som e say fiv e hundr e d year in Para di e w i thout pproaching th e forbidd e n tr e e But lis also had list e n e d to ah and r e solving to lead man in o sin wand e r e d constantly in th e outsk i r s of h e av e n s e e k g to glid u obser v e d into Pa a s e But its gat e s were hut and guard e d by the gel On e day th e peacock came out of th e gard e n He th e n th e fin e st of th e birds of Pa a s e for his pl age shon e like p e a l and em e rald and voice so m e lodions that h e was appoint e d to sing th e praise l h daily in the m a i n s r ee t of h e aven Ibli on s e ing s id to himself Doubtl ss t s b ird is v e ry vain perhaps I m ay b e able to induce by flatt e ry to bring m e secr e tly into the gard e n When the p e acock had gon e so far from the gates t h at he cou d no longer b e overheard b y b i said to M ost wond e rful and b eautif bird art thou o f th e birds of Paradis e I a m but who art thou who f r i g h tened if so m e one did pur e t h e bloo m ng bord e r of th e b e autiful Cantharu a r i ver i n Para s e Sh e was cr e at e d a thous nd years before da d e sti e d to b e th e play m t e of Ev e No soon e r had th e p e cock info m e d t h e s e rpent of v e nt e th e she e xcl im e d I will hasten to the che b will l e ad him into Parad s e that h e may teach m e th e thr ee myst e rious words Th e s e rp e t forthwith out of th e gat e and I b i r e p e at e d to what h e had said to the p e acock con firming words by an oath Th e s e rpent then op e ned h e r mouth Iblis fl e w into it and seating hims e l f in the ollow pa t of f ont t ee th poison e d them to all e t e r ty Wh e n th e y p ss e d was not able to utt e r a sound th e s e rp e nt op e ned h e r mouth aga n e xp e cting that the ch e rub wo d resu m his natural shap e but Iblis p e f e e d to r e main wh e r e he was and to sp e ak to dam from the s e rp e nt m outh and name rrivi g Ev e s tent Iblis heav e d a d e ep s i gh th e first w ch en y had fo c e d f om living br e ast Why thou so ast down today my b e loved p e nt inquir e d Ev e who h e ard the sigh I am anxious for ture d e stiny of th ee and o f thy husb and r e pli e d tating th e voice o f t h e serp e nt How Do w e not pos e ss in these gard e ns of Eden all that w e can d e sire Tru e and y e t th e b e st of th e fr ts of this garden and the o y on e which can procur e you per f e ct f e licity is you not s e nsible of th e slight e st cha g e eit h er i n m y or in my e n e rgi e s Sp e ak e st thou the t uth By ah who cr e at e d m e I do Ev e trust e d to his o th and pluck e d an of th e wh e at t ee B e for e dam s sin wh e at g e w upon th e fin e st tr ee Pa dis e Its trunk was of gold its branch e s w e r e of silv e its l e av e s of e me ld From e very branch th e r e sprung s e v e n e a s of ruby e ach cont in e d fiv e g ains e v e ry g ain was whit e as snow sw ee t as hon e y frag ant as musk and as l rg e as an ostrich e gg Ev e at e one of th e s e g ins and fin ng it mo e pl e asant th n all sh e had h th e to tasted sh e took a s e c ond on e and p e s e nt e d it to husband dam r e sist e d lon but when he obs e rved that Eve e main e d f i and h ppy as b e for e h e ob e y e d h e r at l st at e th e second grain o f wheat which she had car ied bout with h e r H e e upon th e y wer e s e nt out fro m Paradise with such forc e that d m and Ev e could s arcely snatch a l e af from one of th e t ee s wh e e ith to cover them dam was flung out through th e gate of repent anc e w ch t ught him that he m ght return through cont ition Ev e through th e gat e of m e rcy th e peaco k th e s e rp e nt th ough the g te o f w ath but I b li through that of th e curs e d m s str e ss in his so tude was so great that b e rd b e gan to g ow though f ace h ad h i t h ert b ee m o th t h i new appearance i ncreased g i ef unt he heard a vo i c e w ch said to T he the ornam e nt o f man upon th e earth and distin g uishes hi m f rom the woman da m shed such an abundanc e of t e ars that b e asts and birds satisfi e d th e i thirst th e r e with b ut ome of th e tears san k into th e e arth and as they sti con ome of th e j c e of the food in Para se pro th e most t ee s and spices also was desolat e she did not s ee dam though h e was so tall that his h e ad touched the lowest heav e and th e songs of the ang e ls were distinctly au bl e to him Sh e w e pt bitt e rly h e r t e ars w ch flowed into th e oce n w e e chang e d to costly p e ar w le thos e which f e ll on th e e arth brought for h beau tif flow e rs da and Ev e la m e nt e d so loudly that th e east wind carri e d Ev e s voic e to dam whil e th e w e st w i nd bor e to h e r Sh e wrung h e r hands over her head which wom e n in d e spair ar e still in the habit of doing whil e dam lay qu i t e w ch is done by m e n i n sorrow unto this day Th e tears flowed at last in such torrents from da m s e yes that those of his right e y e start e d the Euphrates while t ose of his l e ft s e t the Tig is in m otion Wh e n at l st the whol e universe gr e w loud ith lamentation and creat e d b e ings f rom the s m a lest M o h d I f A h t d Ad f o oth i g o d iv f lo f o t n ect up t h e an g els w h o h old whole world in one hand were weep i ng w i t h da m llah se t Gabriel to with th e words w ch wer e d e stin e d to s ve also the prophet Jona h in th e whal e s b e lly I hav e sinned forgiv e m e through Moha m e d Thy l st and great e st proph e t whos e name is e ngraved upon Thy holy thron e soon as dam had pronounc e d thes e wor s with p e tent heart th e portals of heaven w e re open e d to him again and Gabri e l cri e d llah acc e pt e d thy r e p e ntanc e Pray to him and h e ll grant all thy r e q e sts and e ven r Download 24 Kb. 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