Meanwhile--since all things are possible with Allah--it may surely be conjectured that Gabriel had abundantly granted the Prophet’s dying request, and had borne him, along the familiar route previously traversed in the midnight journey from Jerusalem, for the second and last time into the presence of his Maker. And there--may not one hope?--at the zenith of the Seventh Heaven, in that ravishing Paradise which so closely resembles an infinitely idealized Arabian oasis, he abides even unto this day and will continue to dwell “For ever therein--a fair abode and resting place!”--enjoying the ineffable entertainments that have been prepared for the Moslem saints and martyrs who, triumphant over sin and suffering, have been welcomed to the indepictable felicities of the divine beatitudes; quaffing deep draughts from those inexhaustible “rivers of wine” which the Koran promises to those who have manfully abstained from all earthly elixirs; continually cherished by seventy dark-eyed, deep-bosomed Houris who, as befits inhabitants of the “Garden of Delight,” individually reside within the modest seclusion of enormous hollow pearls; ever and anon chanting, through his black-bearded lips, the ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah, and concluding with the inevitable refrain, “_La ilaha illa Allah, Mohammed rasul Allah!_” Transcriber's Notes Other than the apparent typographical errors noted below, inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained as printed. 1. Page 60: "third party of the Pentateuch" has been changed to "third part of the Pentateuch". 2. Page 85: "the the inscribed name" has been changed to "the inscribed name". 3. Page 131: "crown of martydom" has been changed to "crown of martyrdom". 4. Page 165: "Moses asssuredly would not" has been changed to "Moses assuredly would not". 5. Page 231: An exclamation point has been inserted after "Ruin seize them!".