while there is nothing to be met with in the Corân expressly of an opposite
tenour, there is much that by implication conveys the sentiment of freewill.
Prayer is continually enjoined. It was practised by Mahomet himself, and
deliverance is often ascribed to its effect.1 Men are exhorted to
believe and do good works. They are warned against infidelity and sin,
"lest they cast themselves into perdition." Salvation, indeed, is
dependent on faith, and faith upon the will of God; yet there are not wanting
passages which speak of man as choosing the wrong or choosing the right, and of
Paradise or hell as the consequence.2 The believer is frequently bid
to beware of the wiles of Satan. Discretion in the following of good or evil is
implied in many parts of the Corân, and retribution set forth as the result of
its exercise. Man is responsible for his own sin only. "The burdened soul
shall not bear the burthen of another."3 Hereditary