Note [99.] This salutation and its reply are only to be given by and to Muslims.

Note [100.] It is implied by this ejaculation that the two ladies were admirable beauties, evidences of the perfection of their Creator.


[175] See Ḳur-án, ch. ii. v. 96.

[176] See Ḳur-án, ch. ii. v. 96.

[177] El-Ḳazweenee, account of the well of Bábil, in "'Ajáïb el-Makhlooḳát."

[178] Mishkát el-Maṣábeeḥ, vol. ii. p. 339.

[179] De Sacy's Chrestomathie Arabe, vol. i. pp. 125-131, Arabic text, 2nd ed.