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BIOGRAPHIES OF MOHAMMED
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inner hath, during these 200 years, committed; and verily he never could have
been pardoned. But one day this wicked man was reading the Towrât, and seeing
there the name of the blessed Mohammed, he wept and pressed the page to his
eyes. This honour and reverence shown to my beloved was pleasing unto me, and
from the blessed effects of that single act, I have blotted out the sins of
the whole 200 years." Lovers of the blessed Mohammed! rejoice in your
hearts, and be assured, that love for the holy Prophet, the Lord of the
creation, is in every possible condition the means of salvation (p. 3).
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A tradition follows regarding the Judgment Day, the proceedings of which are
so to be conducted as to show to Mohammed how much the Lord forgives for his
sake. Again, when Adam sinned and fell, the sentence went forth to expel him
from Paradise. He begged for pity, appealing in every variety of way to God's
mercy and to the promise of future prophets. But of no avail; after every
entreaty, the command was repeated for the angels to carry him away. At last,
as they were dragging him off, the blessed word passed his lips, "Have
mercy on me for the sake of Mohammed"; instantly the Lord commanded the
angels to let him go, and even treat him with reverence, "for he hath
taken hold of a great intercessor, and his sins are, forgiven for Mohammed's
sake."
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Where such absurd legends are received as facts, to what a state of
superstitious credulity must the spiritual and intellectual faculties of the
Mohammedans be reduced! Another example will suffice. Satan used every day to
receive from an angel a blow upon his face, so severe that the effects
remained till the following day. When the Lord of Creation, the Prophet of
Islam, appeared, Satan besought that he should not be shut out from the
benefits of his advent, seeing that these are promised in the Coran to all
creation: the Lord therefore commanded that from that day forward the blow
should be discontinued. "Oh Moslems, consider this! If the rejected Satan
was delivered from these calamitous blows, by the appearing of the blessed
Mohammed, what wonder that his followers shall be kept safe from the pains of
hell-fire?"
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The history of the "Light of Mohammed" is then
resumed, of which the following is the briefest sketch. God wishing to
manifest Himself, formed this Light of Mohammed a thousand
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