When
questioned about such things the Brahmans reply that deeds which would
be wicked in men were quite right in Krishna, who, being God, could do
whatever he pleased.
[28] Born probably in 1649.
[29] Raja Narayan Basu (Bose), in enumerating the sacred books
of Hinduism, excluded the philosophical systems and included the
Tantras. He was and, we believe, is a leading man in the Adi Brahma
Somaj.
[30] Barth, as above, p. 202.
[31] So writes Vans Kennedy, a good authority. The rites,
however, vary with varying places.
[32] _Asiatic Researches_, v, p. 356.
[33] Cicero.
[34] We learned from his own lips that among the books which
most deeply impressed him were the Bible and the writings of Dr.
Chalmers.
[35] See _Life of Mohammed_, p. 138. Smith & Elder.
[36] _Life of Mohammed_, p. 172, where the results are
compared.
[37] _Life of Mohammed_, p. 341; Sura ii, 257; xxix, 46.
[38] The only exceptions were the Jews of Kheibar and the
Christians of Najran, who were permitted to continue in the profession
of their faith. They were, however, forced by Omar to quit the
peninsula, which thenceforward remained exclusively Mohammedan.
"Islam" is a synonym for the Mussulman faith.
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