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midway between two magnets. Burckhardt visited the sacred enclosure, and found the ingenuity of science
useless in this case, as the coffin is not suspended at all. Was Mahomet inspired with a dove?Father. Abdall, of the tribe of Koreish. He died a little before or little after the birth of Mahomet. Father-in-law (father of Ayesha). Abu-Bekr. He succeeded Mahomet and was the first calif. Flight from Mecca (called the Hedjrah), A.D. 622. He retired to Medina. Grandfather (paternal). Abd-el-Mutallib, who adopted the orphan boy, but died in two years. Hedjrah. (See above, Flight. Heir (adopted). Said or Zaid. Horse. Al Borak [The Lightning ]. It conveyed the prophet to the seventh heaven. (See Borak.) Borak was a fine-limbed, high-standing horse, strong in frame, and with a coat as glossy as marble. His colour was saffron, with one hair of gold for every three of tawny; his ears were restless and pointed like a reed; his eyes large and full of fire; his nostrils wide and steaming; he had a white star on his forehead, a neck gracefully arched, a mane soft and silky, and a thick tail that swept the ground.- Croquemitaine, ii. 9.Miracles. Chadin mentions several, but some say he performed no miracle. The miracle of the moon is best known. Moon (The). Habib the Wise told Mahomet to prove his mission by cleaving the moon in two. Mahomet raised his hands towards heaven, and in a loud voice summoned the moon to do Habib's bidding. Accordingly, it descended to the top of the Caaba (q.v.), made seven circuits, and, coming to the `prophet,' entered his right sleeve and came out of the left. It then entered the collar of his robe, and descended to the skirt, clove itself into two plaits, one of which appeared in the east of the skies and the other in the west; and the two parts ultimately reunited and resumed their usual form. Mother of. Amina, of the tribe of Koreish. She died when Mahomet was six years old. Mule. Fadda (q.v.). Pond. Just inside the gates of Paradise. It was white as milk, and he who drank thereof would never thirst again. (Al Koran.) Revelation made when he was forty years old by Gabriel, on Mount Hora, in Mecca. Standard. Bajura. Stepping-
stone. The stone upon which the prophet placed his foot when he mounted the beast Al Borak
on his ascent to heaven. It rose as the beast rose, but Mahomet, putting his hand upon it, forbade it to
follow him, whereupon it remained suspended in mid-air, where the true believer, if he has faith enough,
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