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that they are in the well Zemzem, or in the trumpet that is to awake the dead, or that they dwell under the throne of God, in the form of white birds: these idle fancies are thus poetically described[1]:—
"Where Hodeirah is thy soul?
Is it in the Zemzem well?
Is it in the Eden groves?
Waits it in the judgment blast,
In the trump of Israfil?
Is it plum'd with silver wings
Underneath the throne of God?"
As to the doctrine of the Resurrection, the Koran relates a miracle which satisfied and confirmed the faith of Abraham[2]. "Abraham said, O Lord, shew me how thou wilt raise the dead. God said, Dost thou not yet believe? He answered, Yea, but Task this that my heart may remain at ease. God said, Take therefore four birds, and divide them;
