[258]. Koran xxxix. 54. I have quoted Mr. Rodwell who affects the Arabic formula, omitting the normal copulatives.
[259]. Easterns find it far easier to “get the chill of poverty out of their bones” than Westerns.
[260]. Arab. “Dar al-Na’ím.” Name of one of the seven stages of the Moslem heaven. This style of inscription dates from the days of the hieroglyphs. A papyrus describing the happy town of Raamses ends with these lines:—
Daily is there a supply of food:
Within it gladness doth ever brood
* * * * *
Prolonged, increased; abides there Joy, etc., etc.
[261]. Arab. Ansár = auxiliaries, the men of Al-Medinah (Pilgrimage ii. 130, etc.).
[262]. Arab. Asháb = the companions of the Prophet who may number 500 (Pilgrimage ii. 81, etc.).