Ashama prayed for, after his
death, by Mohammed; 86 n.
Astrology, hinted at; 85.
Al Aswad al Ansi, the false

prophet; 132 n.

Aws and Khazraj, their en-

mity; 70 n.
Azraïl, the angel of death, why
appointed to that office; 6 n.
Azer, the name given to Terah,
Abraham's father; 156 n.

B

BAHIRA; 141.
Balaam, his punishment for
cursing the Israelites; 201 n.
Barnabas, his apocryphal gos-
pel, some extracts thence;
62 n. 175 n.

Al Caaba, built and cleansed by
Abraham and Ismael; 23.
Al Caaba, the keys of it re-
turned to Othman Ebn
Telha; 99 n.

Cain and Abel, their sacrifices;
126.

kills his brother; 127.
instructed by a raven to
bury him; ibid.
Caleb, vid. Joshua.
Calf, the golden, of what, and
by whom made; 9 n.
animated; ibid.
worshipped by the Israel-
ites; ibid.

Calumny forbidden; 115.
Camels, Jacob abstains from
their flesh and milk; 69 n.

69.

Becr (Abu) attends Moham-
med in his flight from Mec-
ca; 228 n.

strikes a Jew on the
face for speaking irreve-
rently of God; 83 n.

gives all he has to-
wards the expedition to Ta-
bûc; 234 n.

compared to Abra-

ham; 217 n.
Bedr, Mohammed's victory
there; 54 n. 74 n.
Believers, their reward; 99.
their sentence; 178.

Blood forbidden; 29.
Boath, the battle of; 70 n.
Bodeil, a dispute concerning

his effects occasions a pas-
sage in the Korân; 142 n.

Devils, included under the
name of Genii; 165 n.

the patrons of unbe-
lievers; 82.

their plot to defame
Solomon; 19.
Divorce, laws concerning it;
40, 41, 42, 90.

Dogs, &c. allowed to be trained

up for hunting; 121.
Drink of the damned; 155.

E.
EARTH remonstrates against
the creation of man; 6 n.
Eblis refuses to worship Adam
at God's command, and
why; 7, 174.

his sentence; 174.
occasions the fall of

Adam; 7, 175.

Eden, the meaning of the word

in Arabic; 233 n.
Elisha, the prophet; 158.
Envy forbidden; 94.

Eucharist, seems to have oc-

casioned a fable in the Ko-

ran; 144 n.

Eve, vid. Adam.

Evidence, vid. Witnesses.
Evil, vid. Good.

Examination of the sepulchre ;
215 n.

Ezekiel raises the dry bones;

42 n.

Ezra and his ass restored to
life after they had been dead
a hundred years; 47.

called by the Jews the
Son of God, and why; 225.

F.

FAITH, the reward of those
who fight for it; 102, 208,
221, 228.

partial faith not suffi-
cient; 113 n.
Fast of Ramadân instituted, 32.
Fâtema, Mohammed's daugh-
ter, favoured of God like
the Virgin Mary; 59 n.

Al Fâtihat, the first chapter of
the Korân, often repeated by
the Mohammedans in their
prayers; 1 n.
Fidelity recommended; 222.
Fishing allowed during the
pilgrimage; 140.
Flood, vid. Noah.
Food, what kinds are forbid-

den; 29, 120, 164, 167, 168.
Forbidden fruit, what; 7 n.
Fornication forbidden; 90.
its punishment;

ibid. and 93.
Friendship with unbelievers.
forbidden; 132.

Fruits of the earth, their pro-

duction an instance of God's
power; 161.

Fugitives for the sake of reli-
gion, shall be provided for,
and rewarded; 107.

JACOB bequeaths the religion. of Islâm to his children; 24. Jaad Ebn Kais; 229 n. Jahl (Abu) his advice concerning Mohammed; 211 n.

slain at Bedr; 214 n. Jallâs (Al) Ebn Soweid; 233 n. Jâlût, or Goliah, slain by David; 44.

Idolaters, not to be prayed for while such; 241.

their sentence; 177. Idolatry, the heinousness of it; 38.

unpardonable, if not repented of; 98. Idols, their insignificancy; 29. JESUS promised to Mary; 60..

his miraculous birth; ibid. speaks in his mother's womb; ibid. n.

Jethro, vid. Shoaib.
Jews, vid. Israelites.

particularly applied to; 8, 9, 21.

accused of having corrupted the scriptures, and of stifling passages; 65, 97.

8 n.

accuse the Virgin Mary of fornication; 116.

plot against Jesus, 62. their unbelief; 18n. 113n. covetous of life; 18. reproved for warring against one another; 16. proof required by them of a prophet's mission; 83.

their punishments at different times for neglect of their religion; 134.

metamorphosed into apes and swine for their infidelity; 13 n. 134, 144 n.

pretend their punishment in hell shall be short; 15, 56. their law confirmed by Jesus, and the Korân, 130,.

131.

Mohammed refuses to decide a controversy between them; 131 n.

league with the Koreish against Mohammed; 98 n.

a controversy between a Jew and a Mohammedan; 100 n.

demand that Mohammed cause a book to descend from heaven; 115.

Jews and Christians accused of

miraculously fed in

the wilderness, 198, 199. commanded to sacrifice a red cow; 13, &c. desire a king; 43. demand to see God, and their punishment; 115. refuse to enter into the holy land, and their punishment; 125, 126.

cursed by David and Jesus; 137. vid. Jews. Judgment (day of) the Mohammedan tradition concerning it; 56, 57.

called the hour; 149. unknown to any be

sides God; 202.

203.

will come suddenly;

K.

KAIL sent to Mecca to obtain rain for Ad; 184 n. Kebla, the part towards which the Mohammedans turn in prayer; 69 n.

indifferent: 21.

changed from Jerusalem to Mecca; 25, 26. Kendah, a tribe who used to bury their daughters alive;

167 n.

Khaithama (Abu), a story of him; 243 n. Khâled Ebn al Walid puts Mo

hammed's horse to flight at the battle of Ohod; 77 n. Kobâ, Mohammed founds a mosque there; 240 n. Korân, sent down by God himself; 163.

its excellency; 71 n. no revelation more evident; 202 n.

contains all things necessary; 151 n.

all differences to be decided by it; 100.

its contents partly literal, and partly figurative; 53. Koreish (tribe of) their enmity to Mohammed; 165 n.

lose seventy of their principal men at Bedr; 53 n. 214 n.

their manner of praying ;

211.

Kosai, names his sons from idols; 203 n.

the Koreish demand him to be raised to life by Mohammed; 209 n.

L.

LAW, given to Moses; 9. confirmed by Jesus; 61. and the Korân; 8. Laws, relating to inheritances; 88, 119.

legacies; 31, 142. divorce, vid. Divorce. murder, vid. Murder, &c.

of Moses and Jesus, set aside by the Koran; 130 n.

of God, the punishment of those who conceal them; 85 n.

Lazarus raised; 61 n. Letters (initial) explained ; 173 n.

Life to come, how expressed in Arabic; 3 n. Lobâbu (Abu), his treachery;

210 n.

Lot, his story; 186.
Lots forbidden; 37, 139.