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conſders much more, as its primary object, the unity of the ſupreme Being, under the name of Alla: Mahomet is only regarded in a ſecondary point of view, as the miſſionary of that unity, merely for deſtroying the idol worſhip, to which Arabia had continued ſo long under bondage: and ſo far from addreſſing him as a deity, that in their oraiſons, they do not pray to him, but for him, recommending him to the divine mercy: it is a miſtaken, though a generally received opinion, that pilgrimages were made to his tomb, which, in a religious ſenſe, were only directed to what is called the cahabah or holy-houſe at Mecca, an idol temple dedicated by him to the unity of God. His tomb is

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