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340 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II.
until the last day, or to the appointed prison in
which wicked souls await their final doom,* this
night is also called "Leylet el-Wahdeh" (or the
Night of Solitude).
Another ceremony, called that of the " Sebhah"
* The opinions of the Muslims respecting the state of souls in the interval between death and the judgment are thus given by Sale (' Preliminary Discourse,' sect, iv.) :—" They distinguish the souls of the
faithful into three classes: the first, of prophets, whose souls are admitted into paradise immediately; the second, of martyrs, whose spirits,
according to a tradition of Mohammad, rest in the crops of green birds,
which eat of the fruits and drink of the rivers of paradise ; and the third,
of other believers, concerning the state of whose souls before the resurrection there are various opinions. For, 1. Some say that they stay
near the sepulchres, with liberty, however, of going wherever they
please ; which they confirm from Mohammad's manner of saluting them
at their graves, and his affirming that the dead heard those salutations
as well as the living. Whence perhaps proceeded the custom of visiting
the tombs of relations, so common among the Mohammadans. 2. Others
imagine they are with Adam in the lowest heaven, and also support their
opinion by the authority of their prophet, who gave out that in his
return from the upper heavens in his pretended night-journey, he saw
there the souls of those who were destined to paradise on the right hand
of Adam, and those who were condemned to hell on his left. 3. Others
fancy the souls of believers remain in the well Zemzem, and those of
infidels in a certain well in the province of Hadramot, called Barahoot
[so in the Kamoos, but by Sale written Borhut] ; but this opinion is
branded as heretical. 4. Others say they stay near the graves for
seven days ; but that whither they go afterwards is uncertain. 5. Others,
that they are all in the trumpet, whose sound is to raise the dead.
And, 6. Others, that the souls of the good dwell in the forms of
white birds, under the throne of God. As to the condition of the
souls of the wicked, besides the opinions that have been already mentioned, the more orthodox hold that they are offered by the angels to
heaven, from whence being repulsed as stinking and filthy, they are
offered to the earth ; and being also refused a place there, are carried
down to the seventh earth, and thrown into a dungeon, which they call
Sijjeen, under a green rock, or, according to a tradition of Mohammad,
under the devil's jaw, to be there tormented till they are called up to be
joined again to their bodies." I believe that the opinion respecting the
Well of Barahoot commonly prevails in the present day.
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000352 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 340 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II. until the last day, or to the appointed prison in which wicked souls await their final doom,* this night is also called "Leylet el-Wahdeh" (or the Night of Solitude). Another ceremony, called that of the " Sebhah" * The opinions of the Muslims respecting the state of souls in the interval between death and the judgment are thus given by Sale (' Preliminary Discourse,' sect, iv.) :—" They distinguish the souls of the faithful into three classes: the first, of prophets, whose souls are admitted into paradise immediately; the second, of martyrs, whose spirits, according to a tradition of Mohammad, rest in the crops of green birds, which eat of the fruits and drink of the rivers of paradise ; and the third, of other believers, concerning the state of whose souls before the resurrection there are various opinions. For, 1. Some say that they stay near the sepulchres, with liberty, however, of going wherever they please ; which they confirm from Mohammad's manner of saluting them at their graves, and his affirming that the dead heard those salutations as well as the living. Whence perhaps proceeded the custom of visiting the tombs of relations, so common among the Mohammadans. 2. Others imagine they are with Adam in the lowest heaven, and also support their opinion by the authority of their prophet, who gave out that in his return from the upper heavens in his pretended night-journey, he saw there the souls of those who were destined to paradise on the right hand of Adam, and those who were condemned to hell on his left. 3. Others fancy the souls of believers remain in the well Zemzem, and those of infidels in a certain well in the province of Hadramot, called Barahoot [so in the Kamoos, but by Sale written Borhut] ; but this opinion is branded as heretical. 4. Others say they stay near the graves for seven days ; but that whither they go afterwards is uncertain. 5. Others, that they are all in the trumpet, whose sound is to raise the dead. And, 6. Others, that the souls of the good dwell in the forms of white birds, under the throne of God. As to the condition of the souls of the wicked, besides the opinions that have been already mentioned, the more orthodox hold that they are offered by the angels to heaven, from whence being repulsed as stinking and filthy, they are offered to the earth ; and being also refused a place there, are carried down to the seventh earth, and thrown into a dungeon, which they call Sijjeen, under a green rock, or, according to a tradition of Mohammad, under the devil's jaw, to be there tormented till they are called up to be joined again to their bodies." I believe that the opinion respecting the Well of Barahoot commonly prevails in the present day. |
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