[376] Zeyd, son of Hāritha and father of Usāma, the freedman and adopted son of Muhammed, one of his most devoted disciples.
[377] For the eight paradises, see Tale xiv. dist. 74, p. 253.
[378] The seven hells are:—1. Jahannam; 2. Latzā; 3. Hutama; 4. Sa’īr; 5. Jahīm; 6. Hāwiya; 7. Saqar. All these names for Hell occur in the Qur’ān.
[379] This is predestination indeed. But does not our “vessels of wrath” come to about the same thing, at least in some opinions?
[380] Qur’ān iii. 102.
[381] “Turk and Hindū” is synonymous with “fair and dark.”
[382] “They of the left hand,” Qur’ān lix. 8; xc. 18.
[383] “The seven pits of hell” are named respectively: Jahannam, Latzā, Hutama, Sa’īr, Jahīm, Hāwiya, and Saqar, as above mentioned, p. 254, note 3.
[384] “Al-Kawthar,” Qur’ān cviii. 1, is variously explained, but probably means: the great multitude, scil., of mankind; not “a fountain.”
[385] Qur’ān ii. 24.