Interior of a Mosque. "Al Mihrab," the niche marking the direction of Makkah The Mu'azzin's Call Believers perceiving the New Moon of the Month of Ramadhan CHAPTER THE SIXTH.--Ornamental page "As Sidjah," or Prostration Setting out for the "Jihad," or Holy War "Al Fitr," the Prayer on the breaking of the Ramadhan fast CHAPTER THE SEVENTH.--Ornamental page An Arab horseman of the Desert "Among all trees, one is blessed like the Mussulman; 'tis the Palm," said the Prophet Bird's-eye view of Makkah, the Most Sacred City, as seen from the Jabal Abi-Qubais CHAPTER THE EIGHTH.--Ornamental page "Ad Dawah," or the Invocation The Pilgrims of Mount Arafa, on the Ninth day of the Month of Zu'l Hijjah CHAPTER THE NINTH.--Ornamental page Al-Madinah, the city of the Prophet. The Dome of Mohammad's Tomb PORTRAIT OF THE PROPHET.--Imam leading the Prayer CHAPTER THE TENTH.--Ornamental page A writing lesson at a village school devoted to the teaching of the Qur'an Theological Students in the courtyard of Al-Azhar, the great Cairo Moslem University Tombs of the Kaliphs. Under their rule, Moslem civilisation enlightened the world A traditional old scribe of the Desert Final ornamental page INDEX PREFACE CHAPTER THE FIRST.--The Moslem Prayer.--Description of Makkah. --The Temple of the Ka'bah and the Black Stone.--The Marriage of Abdullah, Father of the Prophet. CHAPTER THE SECOND.--The Birth of Mohammad.--Mohammad's Childhood with the Banu Sad Tribe in their Badya-Land.--Mohammad and the two Angels.--Aminah's Death.--Mohammad's first Journey to Syria.--How Mohammad met the Monk Bahira.--The second Syrian voyage.--The Marriage of Mohammad and Khadijah.--How the Temple of the Ka'bah was rebuilt. CHAPTER THE THIRD.--Desert Retirement.--The Revelation.--The First Moslems.--The Announcement of the Hour.--The First Hostilities.--The Incident of the Blind Man.--How Hamzah was converted.--Utbah's proposals.--The Miracle of the Qur'an.--How it was forbidden to listen to the Qur'an. CHAPTER THE FOURTH.--Persecution.--The Emigration to Abyssinia.--The Conversion of Umar, son of Al Khattab.--The Exile of the Banu Hasham.--The Decree of Expulsion destroyed by a Worm.--The Death of Abu Talib and Khadijah.--The Journey to Taif.--The Nocturnal Journey and Ascension.--How six Inhabitants of Yasrib were converted.--The two Oaths of the Aqabah.--The Plot against the Prophet.