[15] Injil, [Greek: e'uaggélion], the Gospel, as opposed to taurat, the Pentateuch.
[16] Daud.
[17] The Fatiha, or opening chapter of the Koran, used like the Pator-noster.
[18] Ja'afar as-Sadiq.
[19] Hazrat, 'Reverend', or 'Superior'.
[20] Ja'e-namaz, known also as sajjadah, or musalla.
[21] The assertion that the Koran teaches that women have no souls is incorrect. See the texts collected by Hughes, Dictionary of Islam, pp. 677 ff.
LETTER VIII
The Fast of Rumzaun.—Motives for its strict observance.—Its commencement and duration.—Sentiments of Meer Hadjee Shaah on the duty of fasting.—Adherence of the females to the observing this fast.—How first broken.—Devout persons extend the term to forty days.—Children permitted to try their zeal.—Calamitous effects of the experiment.—Exemptions from this duty.—Joyful termination of the fast.—Celebration of Eade on the last day.—The Nuzza.—Nautchwomen and Domenie.—Surprise of the Natives at European dancing.—Remarks on their Music.—Anecdotes of Fatima.—The Chuckee.
'The poor man fasts, because he wanteth meat;
The sick man fasts, because he cannot eat.
The miser fasts, with greedy mind, to spare;
The glutton fasts, to eat a greater share.
The hypocrite, he fasts to seem more holy;
The righteous man, to punish sinful folly.'