The Ikhwan-oos-suffa; translated from the original Oordoo into English prose, and followed by a vocabulary of the difficult words and phrases occurring in the text

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...the several deputies, assembled in the court of the king of the Genii, who presented himself to decide the case to the best of his ability. The herald proclaimed aloud that all seekers of justice, and those on whom oppressions were practised were to approach the throne and state their cases. No sooner were these words uttered, than all the deputies who were present came forward, and stood in a row blessing and praising the king, who looking round perceived that the crowd was incredibly large. He held his peace for a time; then turning to a philosopher of his own tribe, he asked him if he beheld the multitude. "Yes, your majesty," he replied, "I behold all, and I cannot but wonder at the glorious might of that Creator who has made beings of such various shapes and sizes, who always takes care of them and provides for them, and whose glories shine through these: for when He the God of all, withdrew himself from our sight, and veiled himself in1 a cloud of dazzling radiance, which thought and fancy could never penetrate, he brought forward these creatures and placed them before us, that we may judge of his power and might by the objects he has made. And these bodied forms are the exact prototypes of those who are in the world of spirits, only the latter are more subtle, essential and bright than the former. As in pictures, we find the different members of the animal agreeing with its living original, so these in the world agree in shape with those who are yet in spirit-land. There is one difference however; that is, the latter move like puppets whose wires are in the hands of the former. After the animals, there is another order of Creation, to whom the powers of motion and speech are denied. These perish and are destroyed here. But the spirits ...