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THE KORAN.

and is indebted to the 121st Psalm for the chief of its sentiments[1]. God! there is no God but he; the living, the self-subsisting; neither slumber nor sleep seizeth him; to him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven or on earth. Who is he that can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure? He knoweth that which is past and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend any thing of his knowledge but so far as he pleaseth. His throne is extended over heaven and earth, and the preservation of both is no burthen to him: he is the high, the mighty[2]!"

Chapter the 4th, entitled Women, contains the following passage: "We have already commanded those unto whom the Scriptures were given before you, and we command you also, saying, Fear God, but if ye disbelieve, unto God belongeth whatsoever

  1. See White's Bampton Lectures.
  2. See Koran, chap. 2.