AO Travels into L e v a n t. Part L 
CHAP. XXX. 
Of Tutelary Angels^ and of the Examination 
of the ■ Blach^ Angeh. . 
T 
"^H E Turks alfo acknowledge Guardian-Angels, but in far greater number 
than we do , for they fay, that God hath appointed threefcore and ten 
Angels, though they be invifible, for the guard of every Mufulman ; and no- 
thing befalls any body, but what they attribute to them. They have all their 
feveral offices, one to guard one member, and another another ; one to ferve 
him in fuch an affair, and another in another. There are among all thefe An- 
Two chief gels, two are the Diftators over the reft ; they fit one on the right fide, and 
Guardian-- the Other on the left ^ thefe they call 7Cm/?z /G'^rz^, that is to fay, the Merciful 
■ra-v Man ^' Scr^'^^s : He on the right fide, writes down the good adions of the man whom 
Kmm Ki'atib. has in tuition j and the other on the left hand, the bad. They are fo mer- 
ciful, that they fpare him if he commits a fin before he goes to fleep, hoping 
he'll repent ; and if he does not repent, they mark it down ; if he does repent, 
EjligfcunlJé. they write down, Efli^fcurillah, that is to fay, God pardons : They wait upon 
him in all places, except when he does his needs, where they let him go alone. 
Haying for him at the door till he come out, and then they take him into pof- 
feflion again j wherefore when the Turks go to the Houfe-of-office, they put 
the left foot forcmoft, to the end the Angel who regifte'rs their fins may leave 
them firft -, and when they comt out, they fet the right foot before, that the 
Angel who writes down their good works, may have them firft under prote- 
dion. They alfo believe, that after a man is buried, the Soul returns to the 
Body, and that two very terrible Angels come into the grave, the one called 
Munhir. Mwnkir^ and the Other Gnamquir^ who take him by the head and make him 
Guanequfr^ kneel j and that for that reafon they leave a tuft of Hair on the crown of their 
The exaini- head, that the Angels who make them kneel may take bold of it. After that, 
]Deaci"foVoon '■^^ Angels examine him in this manner ; Who is thy God^ thy Religion And Pro- 
as they are in î^^^ • ^'^^ anfwers thus. My God is the true God, my Religion is the true Reli- 
the grave. gton.y and my Prophet is Mahomet. But if that Man find himfelf to be guilty, 
and being afraid of their tortures,ftiall fay, Tom are -my God and my Prophet ^md it 
is in Ton that I believe ; at fuch an Anfwer thefe Angels fmite him with a Mace of 
fire, and depart, and the earth fqueezes the poor wretch fo hard, that his Mo- 
thers milk comes running out at his iiofe. After that, come two other Angels, 
The ftate of bringing an ugly creature with them, that reprefents his fins and bad deeds, 
after^dèath'^ changed into that form ; then opening a window, they depart into Hell, and 
the Man remains there with that ugly creature, being continually tormented 
with the fight of it, and the common miferies of the damned, until the Day of 
Judgment, when both go to Hell together. But if he hath lived well, and made 
The ftate of the firft anfwer above mentioned, they bring him a lovely creature, which re- 
ter cf ath P^*^^^'^^^ S^^^ adions, changed into that form ^ then the Angels opening a 
^^'^'^^^ ^' window, go away to Paradife, and the lovely creature remains, which gives 
him a great deal of content, and ftays with him until the Day of Judgment, 
Another ftate Vv'hen both are received into Paradife. Others fay, that if he make a bad an- 
of Souls after fwer, one of thefe Angels gives him fuch a rap with a mace of Iron on the head, 
' that he beats him down feven fathom deep into the ground, and the other pulls 
him out with an iron hook ^ and then the firft begins to flrike again, and fo 
continue, the one ftriking down, and the other pulling up, till the Day of 
Judgment : And that if he anfwer well, two white Angels fliall keep him com- 
pany till the Day of Judgment: Whereby it appears, they belie^je that Souls 
go neither to Heaven nor Hell till the Day of Judgment. 
* CHAP. 
