[386] Qur’ān ii. 231; and, indirectly, in many texts.
[387] Qur’ān xvi. 4; xl. 23.
[388] Qur’ān lxxvi. 17, 18.
[389] Michael is mentioned in Qur’ān ii. 92; Gabriel is also there mentioned, and in two other places; but no other angels by name.
[390] Solomon was robbed of his seal by a genie, and temporarily deprived of his kingdom.
[391] Qur’ān xxxi. 12. Lokman, the commonly received orthography, is doubly erroneous; the first vowel of the name is u, the Italian u, the French ou, the oo of our words foot, good, wood; not of coot, moot, root. Our q is, historically, the only true representative of the Phoenician letter that equally gave rise to the Hebrew ק, to the old Greek Q, to the Latin Q, and to the Arabic ق; as may be seen by comparing the letters in the last element of the Arabian numeral alphabet, قرشت, with the Hebrew Koph, Resh, Schin, Tau; with the Greek Q = 90, Ρ = 100, Σ = 200, Τ = 300; and with the Latin Q, R, S, T. The proof is still more conclusive by comparing, in order, the whole alphabets, as to positions, names, shapes, values in sound, and numeral values.
[392] Solomon, when deprived of his kingdom, became a fisherman.
[393] Qur’ān ii. 2. Our: “Credo, quia impossibile.”
[394] Qur’ān lxvii. 3.
[395] Muhammed is reported to have said: “The prince of a people is their servant.” This may be compared with Matt. xx. 26 and 27.