1879.] F. 8S. Growse—The Sect of the Prin-nithis. 177 
aa At Lata WAT BA Il ge |i 
faa SHH TST RE | 
aa RAAT A Sa ATS I 
a feces erat ure | 
QAATA J AS TSHTS | Be | 
TX Ul se |) AAAATATAT THAT TATA | * | 
Translation. 
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 
Go tell the chosen people; Arise, ye faithful, the day of judgment is 
at hand. I speak according to the Kurén and make my declaration before 
you. All ye heads of the chosen people, stand up and attend. The Testa- 
ment (Wastyat-nama)* gives evidence: Eleven centuries shall be com- 
pleted after the blessing of the world by the Kurdn and by him who was 
merciful to the poor. A voice shall come from the tabernacle and Gabrielt 
‘shall take them to the appointed place.. For three days there shall be 
gloom and confusion and the door of repentance shall be closed. And what ? 
shall there be any other way{? Nay, no one shall be able to befriend his 
neighbour. § 
Say now what shall be the duration of this life, and what the clear 
signs of the coming of the last day. Christ shall reign for forty years, as 
is written in the 28th sipadra. Hindus and Musalmans shall both alike 
bring their creed to the same point. And what shall come about, when 
the Kurdan has thus been taken away ? this is a matter, which I would have 
you now attentively consider. 
When 990 years are past, then the Lord Christ will come. This is 
written in the 11th sipara: I will not quote a word wrongly.|| The Spirit 
of God (Z. e., Christ) shall be clothed in vesture of two different kinds ; so 
it is stated in the Kurdn. This is in the 6th sip4ra ; whoever doubts me 
may see it there for himself. These now are the years of Christ, as I am 
going to state in detail. Take ten, eleven and twelve thirty times (that is 
_* Wastyat-ndma is, I believe, a general name including both the Kurén and the 
Hadis, which together make up the Muhammadan rule of faith ; but I have not been 
able to trace the particular tradition, to which reference is here made as specifying the 
exact number of years that are to elapse before Christ’s second coming. 
+ Gabriel is accounted God’s ordinary messenger, but here I should rather have 
looked for Israfil, whose duty it will be to sound the trumpet at the last day. 
} Reves may possibly stand for ravish. 
§ Khes is for khwesh, a kinsman. 
|| In spite of this emphatic assertion, the quotation would appear to be incorrect, 
for the 11th sipara contains no such prophecy, 
