Closing: _Believers! when ye confront a troop, stand firm and make frequent mention of the name of Allah; haply it shall fare well with you._ (THE QUR'AN, VIII, 47.) CHAPTER THE SIXTH. Opening: _And be not faint-hearted, and be not sorrowful; For ye shall gain the upper hand if ye be believers._ (THE QUR'AN, III, 133.) Closing: _Nay rather Allah is your liege lord, and He is the best of helpers._ (THE QUR'AN, III, 143.) CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. Opening: _Verily, We have won for thee an undoubted victory._ (THE QUR'AN, XLVIII, 1.) Closing: _Now hath Allah helped you in many battle-fields, and, on the day of Hunain, when ye prided yourselves on your numbers; but it availed you nothing._ (THE QUR'AN, IX, 25.) CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. Opening: _Accomplish the Pilgrimage and the Visitation of the Holy Places in honour of Allah._ (THE QUR'AN, II, 192.) Closing: _Say: Go through the earth, and see how He hath brought forth created beings._ (THE QUR'AN, xxix, 19.) CHAPTER THE NINTH. Opening: _Thou truly art mortal, O Mohammad, and they truly are mortals._ (THE QUR'AN, XXXIX, 31.) Closing: _Mohammad is no more than an apostle; other apostles have already passed away before him; if then he die, or be slain, will ye turn upon your heels?_ (THE QUR'AN, III, 138.) PORTRAIT OF THE PROPHET. Opening: _O my supreme Master, lavish thy Blessings and thy Favours for ever and ever on Thy Friend (Mohammad), the best of all created beings._ (Al-Bourdate. Poem by the Shaykh Al-Busiri, in honour of the Prophet.) Closing: _There is no God but Allah, and Mohammad is the Prophet of Allah._ CHAPTER THE TENTH. Opening: _Say: O my people! Act as ye best can: I verily will act my part, and hereafter shall ye know!_ (THE QUR'AN, VI, 135.) Closing: _Allah will perhaps establish goodwill between yourselves and those of them with whom ye are at enmity, and Allah is Powerful: and Allah is Gracious, Merciful._ (THE QUR'AN, LX, 7.) FINAL ENGRAVING: _One's pen should be ennobled; that is, by treating of worthy matters._ COVER: _Upon him, Mohammad, Salvation._ SEAL: Mohammad's Seal. [Transcriber's note: seal not found.] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FRONTISPIECE.--Ornamental page CHAPTER THE FIRST.--Ornamental page Praying round the Sacred Temple of the Ka'bah of Makkah CHAPTER THE SECOND.--Ornamental page The Night of the "Maulid," the Prophet's Birthday. Moslems leaving a village Mosque. SCENES OF THE BADYA, OR NOMADIC LIFE. --Watching over camels grazing --The Flocks CHAPTER THE THIRD.--Ornamental page "At Takbir," or the Glorification SCENES OF THE BADYA, OR NOMADIC LIFE. --The Encampment Moslem woman praying on the terrace-roof of her dwelling CHAPTER THE FOURTH.--Ornamental page "Ar Ruku," or the Inclination The Friday Visit of Moslems to the Cemetery SCENES OF THE BADYA, OR NOMADIC LIFE. --The Departure CHAPTER THE FIFTH.--Ornamental page