[FN#97] Mohammed pretended that his coming had been foretold in the Gospels and that the Christians had falsified the passage (John xvi. 7) promising the advent of the Comforter (<Greek> ) by substituting the latter word for <Greek> , glorious, renowned, praised, i.e. Mohammed.
[FN#98] The second chapter of the Koran, beginning, "This is the
Book, etc."
[FN#99] It appears by what follows that Afridoun, supposing the victory to be gained, returned to Constantinople immediately after sending this message and left the command of the army to King Herdoub.
[FN#100] At Mecca.
[FN#101] i.e. There is no god but God.
[FN#102] Koran, x. 25.
[FN#103] Cassia fistularis, a kind of carob.
[FN#104] "say not of those who are slain in the way (service) of
God that they are dead; nay, they are living." Koran, ii 149.
[FN#105] Apparently Constantinople.
[FN#106] This verse alludes to the garbled version of the miracle of Aaron's rod given in the Koran, which attributes the act to Moses and makes the Egyptian sorcerers throw down ropes, to which by their art they give the appearance of serpents.