saving influences, be all our salvation and all our_LECT. X. desire! May we enjoy the perpetual tuition of that blessed Teacher! And may we shine as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life, that it may be cause of mutual rejoicing in the day of Christ, that we have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain! NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. NOTE A. Page 11. In the Korân itself, pretensions to inspiration are advanced in ننزل القرآن نزل الكتاب almost every page. The very formulas and such like, which perpetually امنوا بما انزل الله ما انزل اليك occur, claim for it a celestial origin, and ascribe its communication to Mohammed to celestial influence. In the vith Sura, after recognising the fact of former revelations having been made, the Divine وهذا كتاب انزلناه مبارك مصدق الذي بين ,Being is made to say يديه ولتنذر ام القري ومن حولها والذين يؤمنون بالاخرة يومنون به وهم علي صلوتهم يحافظون "This Book, which we have sent down, is a "blessed Book, confirming what was already given, and is sent “that thou mayest publish it to the people of the city, and of the surrounding country; and those who believe in a future state, "will believe in it; even those who observe the stated seasons of prayer." And in the 1vth Sura, its inspiration is placed upon the 66 انا أوحينا اليك كما : same footing with that of the ancient prophets أوحينا الي نوح والنبيين من بعده وأوحينا الي ابرهيم واسمعيل واسحق ويعقوب والاسباط وعيسى وايوب ويونس وهرون وسليمان واتينا داود زبورا "We have made a revelation to thee, as we made revela،، tions to Noah, and the prophets who succeeded him; and as we made "revelations to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and to ،، Jesus, and Job, and Jonah, and Aaron, and Solomon; and as we gave the Psalter to David." On this ground the Korân, which by way of eminence is called The Book, or Bible, is expressly 66 الله العزيز الحكيم called a celestial revelation تنزيل الكتاب من |