[416] ‘Umer swore he would kill Muhammed, and went to execute his design. Arrived at the house of his own sister, who was already a secret Muslim, he heard chanted the twentieth chapter of the Qur’ān, and was immediately converted. He then went to Muhammed, and publicly professed the faith.
[417] The shooting stars.
[418] Shanfarà says: “The most excellent is he who confers a favour.”
[419] Qur’ān ii. 100.
[420] Idem.
[421] Qur’ān iii. 163, 164.
[422] Qur’ān ii. 175.
[423] Qur’ān iii. 6.
[424] Qur’ān xxv. 66.
[425] Qur’ān ii. 191.