]
[Footnote 49: The proper name of the Mohammedan religion, which
signifies the resigning or devoting one's self entirely to God and his
service. This they say is the religion which all the prophets were sent
to teach, being founded on the unity of God.]
[Footnote 50: The Mohammedans have a tradition that the first banner of
the infidels that shall be set up, on the day of judgment, will be that
of the Jews; and that God will first reproach them with their
wickedness, over the heads of those who are present, and then order them
to hell.]
[Footnote 51: This phrase signifies a man in full age, that is, between
thirty and thirty-four.]
[Footnote 52: Such as the eating of fish that have neither fins nor
scales, the caul and fat of animals, and camel's flesh, and to work on
the Sabbath.]
[Footnote 53: In Arabic, _al Hawariyun_: which word they derive from
_Hara_, "to be white," and suppose the apostles were so-called either
from the candor and sincerity of their minds, or because they were
princes and wore white garments, or else because they were by trade
fullers.]
[Footnote 54: Some Mohammedans say this was done by the ministry of
Gabriel; but others that a strong whirlwind took him up from Mount
Olivet.]
[Footnote 55: A gold coin worth about $2.50.]
[Footnote 56: Becca is another name of Mecca. Al Beidawi observes that
the Arabs used the "M" and "B" promiscuously in several words.
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