'"Emaum Ali, son of Aboutalib, " Hasan and Hosein, " Ali, surnamed Zynool Auberdene, " Mahumud, " Baakur, " Jaufur, " Saadick, " Moosa, " Khazim, " Ali, " Reezah, " Mahumud, " Ul Jawaad, " Ali, " Ul Hoodah, " Hasan, " Ul Ushkeree, " Mhidhie, the standing proof that we are waiting for.[21] '"These are all my leaders, and they are my intercessors, with them is my love, with their enemies is my hatred, in the world of earth and in the world to come eternal."' Then the Maulvee says:-- 'Know ye for a truth, O man (repeating his name), that the God we worship is One only, Great and Glorious, Most High and Mighty God, who is above all lords, the only true God. 'Know ye also, That Mahumud is the best of the Lord's messengers. 'That Ali and his successors (before enumerated, but always here repeated) were the best of all leaders. 'That whatever came with Mahumud is true, (meaning the whole work of his mission);--Death is true; the Interrogation by Moonkih and Nykee[22] (the two angels) is true; the Resurrection is true; Destruction is true; the Bridge of Sirraat[23] is true; the Scales are true; Looking into the Book is true; Heaven and Earth are true; Hell is true; the Day of Judgment is true. 'Of these things there is no doubt--all are true; and, further, that God, the great and glorious God, will raise all the dead bodies from their graves.' Then the Maulvee reads the following prayer or benediction, which is called Dooar[24] prayer:-- 'May the Lord God, abundant in mercy, keep you with the true speech; may He lead you to the perfect path; may He grant you knowledge of Him, and of His prophets. 'May the mercy of God be fixed upon you for ever. Ameen.' This concluded, the Maulvee quits the grave, and slowly moves forty measured paces in a line with it; then turning round, he comes again to the grave, with the same solemnity in his steps, and standing on the edge, he prays, 'O great and glorious God, we beseech Thee with humility make the earth comfortable to this Thy servant's side, and raise his soul to Thee, and with Thee may he find mercy and forgiveness.' 'Ameen, Ameen,' is responded by all present. This ends the funeral service: the earth is closed over by the servants, &c. and, except with the very poor, the grave is never entirely forsaken day or night, during the forty days of mourning; readers of the Khoraun are paid for this service, and in the families of the nobility the grave is attended for years by those hired, who are engaged to read from that book perpetually, relieving each other at intervals day and night. They believe that when the Maulvee quits the grave, the angels enter to interrogate the dead body, and receive the confession of his particular faith; this is the object of the Maulvee's retiring forty paces, to give the angels time to enter on their mission to the dead.