Historical Poem ' SeerahS 



and wife ; his reception there at the house of Abdul Alib, a 

 Koreish, who afterwards raised an outcry against him, and 

 caused him to be pelted with stones ; and his flight to the 

 mountains, where he was ministered to by angels. 



The eighteenth chapter, consisting of twelve stanzas, 

 relates to Attas ibn Kabia, a Christian of Mneveh, who having 

 gone to Mohammed's place of retreat, and heard him dis- 

 course about the prophet Jonas, believed on him. 



The nineteenth chapter, consisting of forty-three stanzas, 

 relates to the profession of Islam by certain of the Genii, who 

 heard Mohammed read the Koran, after the evening prayer, 

 in the valley of al Nakkla, during the time of his retreat to Tayif. 



The twentieth chapter, consisting of thirty stanzas, treats of 

 Kama, grandson of Iblis, who had his toes shackled together 

 by Ali, and was afterwards released at the intercession of 

 Mohammed. 



The twenty -first chapter, consisting of eighteen stanzas, 

 gives an account of an entertainment given by Mohammed, at 

 which he wrought a miracle by multiplying the loaves. 



III. — The Hijarat Kanda is divided into the following 

 forty-seven chapters : 



The first chapter, consisting of sixty-five stanzas, relates 

 to the propagation of Islamism in Medina, through the instru- 

 mentality of certain inhabitants of that city, who having been 

 on a pilgrimage to Mecca, had had an interview with Moham- 

 med, and had sworn fidelity to him. 



The second chapter, consisting of fifty-five stanzas, treats 

 of the oath which the Medinese took to be faithful to Moham- 

 med, and defend him from all attempts of Abu jahil and his 

 partisans. 



The third chapter, consisting of one hundred and fourteen 

 stanzas, relates to the proceedings of a council held by the 

 Koreish, whereat it was determined to kill Mohammed, and 

 the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina, eluding the 

 close and vigorous pursuit of his adversaries. 



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