"Islam" is a synonym for the Mussulman faith. Its original meaning is "surrender" of one's self to God.
[39] Apology of Al Kindy, the Christian, p. 18. Smith & Elder, 1882. This remarkable apologist will be noticed further below.
[40] Principal Fairbairn: "The Primitive Polity of Islam," Contemporary Review, December, 1882, pp. 866, 867.
[41] Herr von Kremer, Culturgeschichte des Orients, unter den Chalifen, vol. i, p. 383.
[42] Annals of the Early Caliphate, p. 9. Smith & Elder, 1883.
[43] Gibbon's Decline and Fall, chapter li, and Annals of the Early Caliphate, p. 184.
[44] Ibid.; and Sura xliv, v. 25. We—that is, the Lord.
[45] Annals of the Early Caliphate, p. 46.
[46] See, for example, Sura lxxviii: "Verily for the pious there is a blissful abode: gardens and vineyards; and damsels with swelling bosoms, of a fitting age; and a full cup. Lovely large-eyed girls, like pearls hidden in their shells, a reward for that which the faithful shall have wrought. Verily We have created them of a rare creation, virgins, young and fascinating.... Modest damsels averting their eyes, whom no man shall have known before, nor any Jinn," etc.
The reader will not fail to be struck by the materialistic character of Mohammed's paradise.