FORMULae OF EXORCISM

I flee for refuge to the Lord, that He may protect me against the evil things which He has created.  Against night goblins when the night comes on, and from witches who bind by their magic knots, and from such as injure by the evil eye; I seek refuge with the Lord from charmers, from jinns [demons], and from evil men. (113.)

THE HEAVEN OF THE MUSLIMS

All who believe in Allah and His Prophet shall be admitted hereafter into delightful gardens [Paradise].  They shall repose for ever on couches decked with gold and precious stones, being supplied with abundance of luscious wine, fruits of the choicest variety, and the flesh of birds.  They shall be accompanied by damsels of unsurpassed beauty, with large black, pearl-like eyes. (56.)

II.—­SECOND PERIOD (A.D. 617-619)

WINDS AND DEMONS SUBJECT TO SOLOMON

And We made a strong wind subject to Solomon, so that it conveyed him whither he would.  We also gave him the power of commanding demons, so that they dived into the sea to bring him pearls, and did everything else that he wished.[23] (21.)

THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH OF JESUS

Remember Mary, who preserved her virginity, and into whom We breathed Our own spirit, so that when her son Isa [Jesus] was born, mother and son became a sign unto all mankind. (21.)

THE VIRGIN MARY

After Mary, the Virgin, had begotten her son Isa [Jesus] she was found one day carrying the child in her arms when some pious men met her and rebuked her, saying:  “O Mary, thou sister of Aaron,[24] what is this strange thing thou hast done?  Thy father Amram was an upright man, and thy mother was no harlot, as thou seemest to be.”  In answer to all this the infant child, not having previously lisped a syllable, said, “Verily, I am the servant of Allah, who has given me the Book of the Gospel, and appointed me to be His Prophet.  He has made me blessed, and to be a blessing.  Happy the day wherein I was born, and the day wherein I shall die, and the day whereon I shall be raised again.” (19.)

DEVILS SENT BY GOD TO MAKE MEN SIN

De ye not know that We [God] send devils against the unbelievers to move them, by their suggestions, to the sin of which these unbelievers become guilty? (19.)

SOLOMON’S ARMY OF MEN, BIRDS, AND JINNS (DEMONS)

Solomon was able to understand the speech of birds and to make them understand his speech.[25] There gathered to him on a certain day his entire army of men, birds, and jinns in the Valley of Ants.  The crowd was so great that one of the ants said to his fellows, “Get you at once into your ant-homes, or you will be trampled to death by one of these myriad feet.”

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S VISIT TO SOLOMON