Page:Thomas Patrick Hughes - Notes on Muhammadanism - 2ed. (1877).djvu/106

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3. Ibrahím (Abraham), Khalíl-Ullah, the Friend of God.

4, Musá (Moses), Kalím-Ullah, one who conversed with God.

5. ʾIsa (Jesus), Ruh-Ullah, the Spirit of God.

6. Muhammad, Rusúl-Ullah, the Messenger of God.

The number of sacred books delivered to man are said to have been one hundred and four, viz.:—

Ten, to Adam;
Fifty, to Seth (Sish);
Thirty, to Enoch (Edrís);
Ten, to Abraham;
The Taurát, to Moses;
The Zabur, to David;
The Injíl, to Jesus;
The Qurán, to Muhammad.

The one hundred scriptures given to Adam, Seth, Enoch, and Abraham, are termed Sahífah (a pamphlet), and the other four, Kitáb (a book); but all that is necessary for the Muslim to know of these books is supposed to have been retained in the Qurán.

Luqmán-i-Hakím (supposed to have been