The title of “Seyyidna” (our Lord) is given by the Muslims to prophets and other venerated persons. Footnote 100: Kur-án, ch. iv., _v._ 156. Footnote 101: The Muslim seldom mentions the name of the Prophet without adding, “Salla-lláhu ’aleyhi wa-sellem”; _i.e._, “God favour and preserve him!” Footnote 102: In the first edition of this work, I here mentioned _the_ Devil as distinct from the genii; but I have since found that the majority of the most esteemed Arab authors are of the contrary opinion. Theirs is also the _general_ opinion of the _modern_ Arabs.—The angelic nature is considered as inferior to the human (because the angels were commanded to prostrate themselves before Adam), and still more so is the nature of genii. Footnote 103: Like those of the gazelle: this meaning of their common appellation (which is mentioned afterwards) is, however, disputed. Footnote 104: The title of martyr is given to the unpaid soldier killed in a war for the defence of the faith, to a person who innocently meets with his death from the hand of another, to a victim of the plague (if he has not fled from the disease) or of dysentery, to a person who is drowned, and to one who is killed by the fall of any building. Footnote 105: See Sale’s Preliminary Discourse to his Translation of the Kur-án, sect. iv. Footnote 106: A Muslim of some learning professed to me that he considered the description of Paradise given in the Kur-án to be, in a great measure, figurative: “like those,” said he, “in the book of the Revelation of St. John;” and he assured me that many learned Muslims were of the same opinion. Footnote 107: The corpse is always deposited in a vault, and not placed in a coffin, but merely wrapped in winding-sheets or clothes. Footnote 108: Alluded to in the first chapter. Footnote 109: For an account of these private ablutions, and the occasions which require their performance, the reader may consult Reland, De Rel. Moh., pp. 80-83, ed. 1717. Footnote 110: All persons do not use exactly the same words on this occasion, nor during the performance of the wudoó; and most persons use no words during the performance. Footnote 111: He should also use a tooth-stick (miswák) to clean his teeth; but few do so. Footnote 112: It is believed that the good man will rise to judgment with his face white; and the bad, with his face black. Hence a man’s face is said to be white or black according as he is in good or bad repute; and “may God blacken thy face!” is a common imprecation. Footnote 113: To every man is appropriated a book, in which all the actions of his life are written. The just man, it is said, will receive his book in his right hand; but the wicked, in his left, which will be tied behind his back; his right hand being tied up to his neck. Footnote 114: