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closer than the length of two bows, and revealed to his servant that which is revealed.
"The servant's heart was true when seeing what he saw. Do you, then, dare to question what was seen?
"I saw him also at the lote--tree of the uttermost end, near which lies the of Repose. When that tree was covered by its covering, my eye was not averted, neither did my gaze wander; and I saw some of the greatest signs of the Lord."
At this point, without any trace of hesitation or doubt, he recites two further verses.
"Have you thought upon Lat and Uzza, and Manat, the third, the other?" -- After the first verse, Hind gets to her feet; the Grandee of Jahilia is already standing very straight. And Mahound, with silenced eyes, recites: "They are the exalted birds, and their intercession is desired indeed."
As the noise -- shouts, cheers, scandal, cries of devotion to the goddess Al
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