2 Muhammad had no doubt heard that Jesus had promised a Paracletos, John xvi. 7. This title, understood by him, probably from the similarity of sound, as equivalent to Periclytos, he applied to himself with reference to his own name Muhammad (i.e. praised, glorified) from the same root and of the same meaning as Ahmad, also one of the Prophet's names. It may be here remarked that the name Muhammad, if pronounced Muhammed, "might be understood by an Arab in an active instead of a passive sense." (Lane, Kor. p. 52.) Other passages of Scripture understood by Muslims of their Prophet are Deut. xxxiii. 2, where Paran is said to mean Islam; Isai. xxi. 6, where the "rider on the ass" is Jesus, the "rider on the camel" Muhammad; Matt. xx. 1-16, where the morning, noon, and even are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; John iv. 21; 1 John iv. 2, 3, where Muhammad is said to be "the spirit that is of God," because he proclaimed that Jesus was a true man and not God. 3 If this allude to a meditated attack on the Banu Nadir (see Sura [cii.] lix.) we have a clue to the probable date of the Sura. The promise, however, may be general. But the tone of verse 9 evidently points to a period when, as at Medina, the prospects of Islam were becoming hopeful. SURA LVII.–IRON [XCIX.] MEDINA.1–29 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ALL that is in the Heavens and in the Earth praiseth God, and He is the Mighty, the Wise! His the Kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth; He maketh alive and killeth; and He hath power over all things! He is the first and the last; the Seen and the Hidden;2 and He knoweth all things! It is He who in six days created the Heavens and the Earth, then ascended His throne. He knoweth that which entereth the earth, and that which goeth forth from it, and what cometh down from Heaven, and what mounteth up to it; and wherever ye are, He is with you; and God beholdeth all your actions! His the kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth; and to God shall all things return! He causeth the night to pass into the day, and He causeth the day to pass into the night: and He knoweth the very secrets of the bosom! Believe in God and his apostle, and bestow in alms of that whereof God hath made you heirs: for whoever among you believe and give alms–their's shall be a great recompense. What hath come to you that ye believe not in God, although the apostle exhorteth you to believe in your Lord, and He hath accepted your alliance–if ye are true believers? He it is who hath sent down clear tokens upon His servant, that He may bring you out of darkness into light; and truly, Kind, Merciful to you is God.