[296] Not Easterns only have a superstition about treasures hid in ruins.
[297] Qur’ān xxii. 11.
[298] Man has a triple nature, vegetative, bestial, and human.
[299] Qur’ān xxxix. 54.
[300] Qur’ān vii. 142, &c.
[301] Qur’ān xxxiv. 42.
[302] Qur’ān vii. 75; xi. 65-70; xxvi. 142-158. Sālih was sent to the tribe of Thamūd, troglodytes who dwelt in the valleys about half-way between Medīna and the Gulf of Akaba.
[303] Qur’ān xci. 13.
[304] Qur’ān vii. 76, 89; xi. 70, 97; xxix. 36.
[305] Qur’ān vii. 91.