he received them both, and as the ‘two witnesses’ of God.  The last serious conversation I had with him, was a very few days before his death; he was then nearly in as good health as he had been for the last year; his great age had weakened his frame, but he walked about the grounds with his staff, as erect as when I first saw him, and evinced nothing in his general manner that could excite a suspicion that his hours had so nearly run their course.

We had been talking of the time when peace on earth should be universal; ’My time, dear baittie[33] (daughter), is drawing to a quick conclusion.  You may live to see the events foretold, I shall be in my grave; but remember, I tell you now, though I am dead, yet when Jesus Christ returns to earth, at His coming, I shall rise again from my grave; and I shall be with Him, and with Emaum Mhidhie also.’

This was the substance of his last serious conversation with me, and within one short week he was removed from those who loved to hear his voice; but he still lives in the memory of many, and those who knew his worth are reconciled by reflecting on the ‘joy that awaits the righteous’.

’Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold:  them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.’  Also, ‘In My Father’s house are many mansions’.  These were particularly pleasing passages to him, and often referred to in our scriptural conversations.

[1] The Shi’ahs only wipe or rub the feet, instead of washing them, as
    do the Sunnis.  In the standing posture (qiyam) in prayer, the
    Sunnis place the right hand over the left below the navel; the
    Shi’ahs keep their hands hanging on both sides of the body.

[2] I have met with the creed of the modern Jews, some time in the course
    of my life, in Hurd’s History of all Religions; the belief of the
    Mussulmauns, as regards the unity of God, strictly coincides with that
    of the Jews, described in the first four articles of their creed.
    [Author.]

[3] Namaz, liturgical prayer, as contrasted with du’a, ordinary
    prayer.

[4] Ramzan, Ramazan.

[5] Hajj.

[6] Zakat.

[7] Khalifah, ‘successor,’ ‘lieutenant,’ ‘viceregent.’

[8] ’Umar, Abu Bakr, ’Usman.

[9] No son named Ishmail is recorded.  Ibrahim, his son from
    his slave girl, Mary the Copt, died A.D. 631, and was buried at Medina. 
    The daughter of Abu Bakr was ’Ayishah.

[10] The Prophet married Hafsah, daughter of ’Umar, as his third wife.

[11] Khadijah.

[12] ’Whoso is the enemy of Gabriel—­for he has by God’s leave caused to
    descend on thy heart the confirmation of previous
    revelations.’—­Koran, ii. 91.

[13] ’The story of the destruction of the library at Alexandria is first
    told by Bar-hebraeus (Abulfaragius), a Christian writer who lived six
    centuries later:  it is of very doubtful authority.’—­Encyclopaedia
    Britannica, i. 570.