[151] Was Satan this very old hermit? His successful temptation was the muzzle. The original says ”calf,“ where I have said ”babe;“—meaning Adam, when first created. Instructed by God, he named all things, which the angels were unable to do, and so were silenced.
[152] The story of the dog of the Sleepers is told in Qur’ān xviii. 17-21.
[153] The Persian name for the hare is ”ass-ear;“hence the pun.
[154] The “hidden tablet” of God’s decrees; mentioned in Qur’ān lxxxv. 22.
[155] At the “extreme lote-tree” in the highest heaven, on the night of the ascension. Gabriel could go no further. Muhammed went on, to God’s presence.
[156] The word that signifies “compulsion” also means “reduction” in a surgical sense, and “algebra” mathematically.
[157] “Burāq” is the name of the angelic steed on which Muhammed mounted to heaven in his night journey. Not found in the Qur’ān.
[158] “The moon clave” in twain as a sign of the near approach of the day of judgment. Qur’ān liv. 1.
[159] Muhammed’s name is put on most Muslim coins.
[160] Muhammed is held to be the supplement of all the prophets.