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That Mohammad was suhject to hallucinations of his senses for 

 several years is attested by a tradition in the Mishkat, that he was 

 considered a madman is allowed in the Qoran, and that Waraqah was 

 consulted regarding his state of mind, is stated in two traditions 

 preserved by Waqidy, but that he so early duped his friends, though 

 probable, appears as far as I know only from this tradition. 



In Bal' amy's Persian translation of Tabary, it is stated on the 

 occasion of Khadyjah's visit to Waraqah, that she was acquainted with 

 the history of the prophets and had read the scriptures. No mention 

 of this fact is made in the Arabic text with which in truth the Persian 

 translation has very little in common. 



After Mohammad had received the first revelation, an intermission of 

 revelations took place, which according to a tradition in the Mis- 

 kat lasted six months, or two years, or two years and a half. The latter 

 period squares best with other facts. It is stated in Bokhary's version 

 of the tradition of Ayishah, that Mohammad after the vision in which 

 he was ordered to read went to his wife, and said, " Wrap me up," and 

 that the intermission of revelation took place after this event. In a 

 tradition of Jabir, equally recorded by Bokhary, it is stated that the 

 scene on the occasion of which the Surah of the Qoran was revealed, 



