OCR Text |
Show Wm the Koran tho Wcf k of JJohsm. oe!i The Koran is alleged to U a series ot revelations to Mohammed, made at various tlmts and various places. As the visions occurred.memoranda concerning them were jolted down by tbe Propoet, somttlmia on palm leaves, seuielirues on bltaofakln and parchment, and occassiouaUy on the shoulder-blades cf eteep. TfcoeuUrc collection was found in "a chest after h! death, and edited by one of his followers. How much wasaddedby the first editors wo Jive no meaisof knowicft butit is certain that aaiong ?J: an people tho enUre body of writings knownastheTCoran Is received as from the pen of Mohammed, anda milled to ItOi'iT""" to his Me. The Koran Is the, MIem guide not In religious mab-ten mab-ten only, but as a body of civil w from which there Is no appeal. Utote Oaruxrat. |