52 ANIMISTIC ELEMENTS IN MOSLEM PRAYER 



"In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. 



By the snorting chargers ! 



And those who strike fire with their hoofs ! 



And those who make incursions in the morning, 



And raise up dust therein. 



And cleave through a host therein ! 



Verily, man is to his Lord ungrateful; and, verily, he is 

 a witness of that. 



Verily, he is keen in his love of good. 



Does he not know when the tombs are exposed, and 

 what is in the breasts is brought to light? 



Verily, thy Lord upon that day indeed is well aware. "* 



"In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. 



Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak, from 

 the evil of what He has created; and from the evil of the 

 night when it cometh on; and from the evil of the blowers 

 upon knots; and from the evil of the envious when he 

 envies. t 



"Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of men, the King of 

 men, the God of men, from the evil of the whisperer, who 

 slinks off, who whispers into the hearts of men ! — from jinns 

 and men.' "} 



* f t The Our' an— Part II. Translated by E. H. Palmer. 

 Suras 97, 100, 113, 114. 



