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SEci.iv P11ELIIVIINAV4Y DISOOUISE. 61
the second, of those who ride; and the third, of those who creep grovelling
with their faces on the ground. The first class is to consist of those believers
whose good works have been few ; the second of those who are in greater
honour with God, and more acceptable to him ; whence Ali affirmed that
the pious, when they come forth from the sepulchres, shall find ready pre-
pared for them white winged camels, with saddles of gold; wherein are to
be observed some footsteps of the doctrine of the ancient Arabians;^ and
the third class, they say, will be composed of the infidels, whom God shall
cause to make their appearance with their fitces on the earth, blind, dumb,
and deaf. But the ungodly will not be thus only distinguished; for, ac-
cording to a tradition of the prophet, there will be ten sorts of wicked men
on whom God shall on that day fix certain discretory marks. The first
will appear in the form of apes ; these are the professors of Zendicism : the
second in that of swine ; these they who have been gi'eedy of filthy lucre,
and enriched themselves by public opp.ression : the third will be brougli t with
their heads reversed, and their feet distorted ; these are the usurers : the
fourth will wander about blind ; these are unjust judges : the fifth will
be deaf, dumb, and blind, understanding nothing; these are they who glory
in their woi'ks: the sixth will gnaw their tongues, which will hang down
upon their breasts, corrupted blood flowing from their mouths like spittle,
so that every body shall detest them; these are the learned men and
doctors, whose actions contradict their sayings : the seventh will have their
hands and feet cut off; these are they who have injured their neighbours :
the eighth will be fixed to the trunks of palm-trees or stakes of wood ;
these are the false accusers and informers : the ninth will stink worse than
a coiTupted corpse; these are they who have indulged their passions and
voluptuous appetites, but refused God sucli part of their wealth as was
due to him: the tenth will be clothed with garments daubed with pitch;
and these are the proud, the vainglorious, and the arrogant.
As to the place where they are to be assembled to judgment, the Konln
and the traditions of Mohammed agree that it will be on the earth, but in
what part of the earth it is not agreed. Some say their prophet mentioned
Syria for the place; others, a white and even tract of land, without inhabi-
tants or any signs of buildings. Al Ghazfdi imagines it will be a second
earth, wliich he supposes to be of silver; and others an earth which has
nothing in common with oui's, but the name; having, it is possible, heard
something of the new heavens and new earth mentioned in Scripture :
whence the Koran has this expression, " on the day wherein the earth
shall be changed into another earth."*
The end of the resurrection the Mohammedans declare to be, that they
who are so raised may give an account of their actions, and i-eceive the
reward thereof. And they believe that not only mankind, but the genii
and irrational animals also ^ shall be judged on this great day; when the
unarmed cattle shall take vengeance on the horned, till entire satisfaction
shall be given to the injured.^
* See before, sect. i. p. 15. ^ Chap. 14. ^ Kor. chap. vi. Vide Maimonid. More
TSiiv. part. 3. chap. 17. ® This opinion the learned Greaves supposed to have takcu
il3 rise frora thfe following words of Ezekiel, wrongly understood; "And as for ye,
O my flock, thus saith the Lord God, Behold I judge between cattle and cattle, be-
tween the rams and the he-goats. — Behold I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle,
and between the lean cattle; because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and
pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad; there-
fore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey, and I will judge between
cattle and cattle," &c. Ezek. xxxiv. 17, 20, 21, 22. Much might be said concerning
brutes deserving future reward and puniihmcnt. See Bayle, Diet. Ilist. Art.
Eorarius. Ecm. U. kc.