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and filled it with wisdom and faith, revealed to him a passage 

 of the Koran, and told him that he was appointed the prophet 

 of God; his communication of this news to his wife Khadija 

 and to her cousin Worakket, a Christian priest, who thereupon 

 declared him to be the prophet whose advent was predicted 

 in the scriptures. 



The second chapter, consisting of forty-four stanzas, notices 

 the conversion of Khadija and Abu Bekr, and enters into the 

 particulars of the new creed, and the directions which Moham- 

 med received from the angel Gabriel concerning the form of 

 prayer. 



The third chapter, consisting of one hundred and sixty-three 

 stanzas, gives an account of Mohammed's preaching his 

 doctrine publicly in Mecca; the violent opposition of the 

 Koreish against him, and Abu Talib's ineffectual attempt to 

 persuade him to abandon his enterprise. 



The fourth chapter, consisting of ninety-five stanzas, relates 

 to the conversion of Omar Ibn Khattab, which was occasioned 

 by an angel, disguised as an ox, wrestling with him and 

 prevailing against him as he was going to trace out Mohammed 

 in his retreat and put him to death. 



The fifth chapter, consisting of forty stanzas, relates to an 

 Arab of the desert, who being invited by Mohammed to embrace 

 his religion, told him that he would do it if the latter would 

 make a guana testify that he was the apostle of God, which 

 it did accordingly. 



The sixth chapter, consisting of twenty-one stanzas, refers 

 to Utba, who was sent by the Koreish to expostulate with 

 Mohammed and offer him the sceptre, if he would retract his pre- 

 tensions and conform to the ancient institutions of the country. 



The seventh chapter, consisting of ninety-two stanzas, gives 

 an account of the arrival of Habib, king of Thimes, to 

 Mecca, upon a representation of Abujahil and the other Koreish 

 chieftains against Mohammed. 



The eighth chapter, consisting of one hundred and eighty- 

 eight stanzas, treats of the miracle performed by Mohammed 

 before the king of Thimes, by causing the moon to appear 

 on the horizon in her full orb at the time of occultation. 



