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a voice), I fear it is not all right with me. Khadyjah replied, God 

 beware ! such will never happen, for thou keepest to thy engagements, 

 art kind to thy relations, and speakest the truth. Subsequently Abu* 

 Bakr came and Mohammad was absent, Khadyjah mentioned to him 

 the circumstance and said, Go with Mohammad to Waraqah : when 

 Mohammad came in, Abu Bakr said, Let us go to "Waraqah. Moham- 

 mad asked, Who has told thee ? and he answered, Khadyjah : they went 

 and they told him every thing. Mohammad said, When I was alone I 

 heard a voice from behind calling Mohammad ! Mohammad ! I ran 

 away from it, taking flight. Waraqah said, Thou must not do that ; 

 when thou hearest the voice again, stand still and listen what the voice 

 has to say and come to me and tell me. Mohammad again heard 

 the voice " O Mohammad ! O Mohammad !" In the name of the 

 Merciful and Compassionate God. The voice recited the first Surah 

 of the Qoran and added. " There is no God but the God," Mahom- 

 med went to Waraqah, and told him what had happened. Waraqah 

 said, "Be of good cheer, I bear witness that thou art (the Paraclete) 

 whom Christ has predicted, and that thou hast the prospect of some- 

 thing like the law of Moses, that thou art a prophet sent by God, that 

 thou wilt be ordered to carry on sacred wars after the day may have 

 come. O that I was alive at that time ! I should certainly assist thee 

 in thy struggles. When Waraqah had died, Mohammad said, I have 

 seen the priest in Paradise dressed in a robe of silk. He has cer- 

 tainly believed in me, and declared that I spoke the truth." 



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