Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 177
ages of the Koran. Hewas passing, as was his wont, the month of Ramadhanin the cavern of Mount Hara, endeavoring by fasting,prayer, and solitary meditation, toelevate his thoughts to the con-templation of divine truth.It was on the nightcalled by Arabs AlKader, or the DivineDecree; a night inwhich,… … Reading the Koran. Mahomet, the Prophet of Islam 151 As Mahomet, in the silent watches of the night, laywrapped in his mantle, he heard a voice calling uponhim; uncovering his head, a flood of light broke uponhim of such intolerable splendor that he swooned away.On regaining his senses, he beheld…
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