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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74637	The confusion of Muhamed's sect, or a confutation of the Turkish Alcoran. Being a discovery of many secret policies and practices in that religion, not till now revealed. / Written originally in Spanish, by Johannes Andreas Maurus, who was one of their bishops and afterwards turned Christian. Translated into English by I.N.	Maurus, Johannes, fl. 1654.; Notstock, Joshua.	1652 (1652)	Thomason E1296_1	92,641	268

man in the world but he was ever worthy being divine names and such as were the names and the dignity of Jesus Christ such were his life his words his works and his Counsels And likewise thou wilt find the Evangelists so full of such great and manifest miracles and pious works which Jesus Christ did in his life and of so good and holy Doctrine which his Disciples taught after him that there cannot possibly be better And O Moore by making this comparison thou wilt see what difference there is between Muhamed and our Redeemer Jesus Christ and the Scriptures of either and so thou wilt come to know the truth CHAP. VIII The eighth Chapter treateth of Muhamed's Dream and the Vision which he sayes he had when he ascended to heaven by a Ladder and rode upon Alborac and of the things which he sayes he saw that night in Heaven Paradise and Hell THe Alcoran in the eleventh Chapter of the second Book sayes in Arabick Ozubhene c. i. e. Praysed be he that caused his servant to be transported from the Temple of Mecca unto the blessed Temple of Jerusalem The gloss upon this text sayes that Muhamed one day being at Almedina he arose from his bed to say Mattins which the Moores call Zalata kobbe in the Moske or house of Praier The book Azar above mentioned saies that after Muhamed had praied the usuall Prayer he turned his face to the people there present and began to speak and told them that he being that night in bed in Axa's chamber whom he most entirely loved of all his eleven wives about midnight he awaked by reason of the great knocking which was at the gate and arose and opened the gate of the Gallery and there he found the Angel Gabriel with seven pair of wings whiter than snow and clearer than Christall who had a beast with him as white as milk which beast was bigger than an Asse and less than a Mule and was called Alborack The said book Azar reporteth that Muhamed said that the Angel Gabriel embraced him and saluting him said to him O Muhamed God sendeth thee much greeting and commandeth thee to come along with me this night for to see divers secrets which the sons of men never saw and Muhamed answered him that he was glad of that and was very willing to goe whereunto the Angell replyed O Muhamed then get up upon Alborack but Alborack turned aside and would not let Muhamed get up on him and the Angell sayd to Alborack why turnest thou aside and wilt not let Muhamed ride upon thee know thou That never better man than Muhamed hath ever rode upon thee nor ever shall Alborack answered I will never yeeld that Muhamed get upon me unless he first promise me that I shall goe into Paradise Then Muhamed sayd O Alborack I promise thee that thou shalt be the first beast that shall enter into Paradise And no sooner had Muhamed sayd these words but Alborack presently consented and Muhamed got upon him And the Angell led Alborack by the reynes of his Bridle and so they travelled till they came to the holy Temple of Jerusalem And the sayd book Azar sayes that as Muhamed was riding on his way he heard the voyce of a woman who cryed after him O Muhamed Muhamed And the Angell sayd to him O Muhamed doe not answer this woman and going farther another woman began to cry after him and called O Muhamed Muhamed And the Angell Gabriel again admonished him not to answer her and as they went farther on Muhamed entreated the Angell to tell him who those women were and Gabriel told him that the first was she that published the Law of the Jewes and if he had answered her all the Moores would have turned Jewes and the other he said was she that published the Law of the Christians and that if he had answered her all the Moores would have become Christians The sayd book Azar further reports that Muhamed sayd that when he was arived at the Temple of Jerusalem and was come neer to the gate of the Temple he alighted off from Alborack and Gabriel and Muhamed went together to the Temple and as they went they met all the Prophets and Messengers who were also purposely come thither and they all came forth of the Temple and received Muhamed and greeted him saying thus in Arabick O Marhaben birazuli azadih guanabyi alquerin i. e. Rejoyce thou true Messenger and Honourable Prophet And then they all carried him in procession with great honour unto the great Chappell which is called in Arabick Mihrab and requested him to make a Zala or Praier for them all And thereupon Muhamed went into the Mihrab or Chappell and made the Zala with all the Prophets and Messengers and they all made application to Muhamed that he would remember them when hee should speak with God and so they all departed and Muhamed and the Angell Gabriel were left there alone Then they two went out of the gate of the Temple there found a ladder which reached from earth to heaven all made of the Light of God and so they began to ascend the said Ladder the Angell first and Muhamed after him holding by the Angell's hand till they arived at the first heaven which heaven Muhamed saies was made of pure silver and there they saw the Stars hanging on this first heaven with chains of gold and the biggest of them was as big as the mountain Noho which is a Mountain neer to Almedina And the Angell Gabriel knocked at heaven gate and the Porter asked who art thou And he answered I am the Angell Gabriel and Muhamed the Prophet and friend of God is with me and as soon as the Porter heard Muhamed's name hee opened the gate of the first heaven and they went in and found an ancient hoary-headed man which was Adam And Adam came and embraced Muhamed and thanked God that he had given him such a son and recommended himself to Muhamed And passing farther they saw a great multitude of Angells in this first heaven of divers shapes and figures viz. of men oxen horses flying birds and cocks and amongst the Cocks he sayes there was one whose feet stood on the first heaven and his head reached to the second Muhamed asked the Angell what it was and why the Angels had so many formes and shapes and what their figures signified Unto whom the Angell answered and said that all these Angells prayed to God for the Inhabitants and dwellers on the earth viz. the Angels which had the forms of men praied for men they which had the formes and shape of Oxen prayed for Oxen and so of the rest and they which had the form of Cocks praied and mediated for the Cocks Then said Muhamed Now tell me what means that great Cock the Angell answered When this Cock croweth all the Cocks here of his shape crow presently and when the Cocks on earth hear the Cocks of heaven crow then they

that God loved Muhamed exceedingly seeing hee alwaies sent him Verses and Chapters for every purpose and according to his own desires And this appears to be true by another most shamefull and scandalous Act which Muhamed did upon which he composed almost a whole Chapter for to satisfy his desires and to repair his honour giving out that God sent this Chapter to him and the Moores for to give them a new generall Law which Law much pleased the Moores then living those which followed and those now living as will here under appear For yee must know that a certain King of the Jacobites called Baheira presented to Muhamed a very beautifull maiden being a Jewesse called Marine of 15. years of age with whom Muhamed fell in love and sought opportunity to lye with her which at last he did with this Lasse was Muhamed taken and surprised by two of his wives whom he best loved and were the most noble and principall of them all wherof the one was called Axa the daughter of Ubequar and the other was called Hafeza the daughter of Homar And being thus by them surprized with the said young girle they reproved Muhamed telling him that he had done a thing unworthy a Prophet or a married man and had committed Adultery against all his Wives whereupon Muhamed sought reconciliation and told them that if they would keep it secret he would swear to them by God never to doe the like with the said Marine again and so they were perswaded to keep the thing secret but nevertheless like discreet Women they told him that if he came again to the said Marine it should be lawfull for them to repudiate him and be divorced from him So that what Muhamed had done did hereupon remain secret certain dayes but nevertheless the affection and love which Muhamed bore to this young Lasse and the jealousy and diligence of his two wives was so great that at last they took him again with the young Wench and hereupon being much enraged they went to their Fathers houses as repudiated Wives upon which occasion the secret was published and Muhamed disgraced and the people being much offended murmured and spake a thousand blasphemies whereupon Muhamed was much cast down confounded aswell for the disgrace and divulging of the secret as for his two Wives who were the most dearly valued and noblest that he had and for these reasons Muhamed was quite dasht out of countenance but being a very subtile and crafty man he had presently recourse to the remedy of the Alcoran unto which he composed a Chapter and made a new Law for all the Moores that they might lye with their slaves with as much freedom as with their Wives notwithstanding that their Wives were angry and repined at it as his Wives had done the which Law he put in the beginning of the Chapter thereby to gain the favour of all the Moores and in the said Chapter is set down how Muhamed was excused and did not sin and that his Wives ought not to publish any thing which he did in secret and that God warned his Wives to return to him and thus Muhamed cleared himself and repayred his credit and got his two Wives again who were thereupon satisfied and became conformable and returned very penitent to Muhamed And so Muhamed lay with his slave the young Girl by authority of the Law which he inserted in the said Chapter Whereupon all his Wives said that he did whatsoever he pleased like God and that God sent him Chapters and verses purposely to satisfy his will The Chapter which Muhamed made and composed upon the aforesaid occasion is called the Chapter of Prohibition in the fourth book and sayes in Arabick thus Oya ayue c. Which signifies O Prophet because that to content thy Wives thou wilt prohibit what is lawfull for thee therefore know that God permitteth you Moores freedom to lye with your slaves which was not permitted from the beginning And so the Chapter proceeds and sayes thus And when the Prophet committeth a secret to any of his Wives which they publish if yee Wives will repent before God good will betide you but if yee will remain repudiated from Muhamed his Creator will give him other Wives Moores believers devout Virgins and Widows All this the said Chapter contains verbatim So that when Muhamed had caused the Chapter to be written by his Secretary in a table-book or scrowl he made him to read it to the Moores and when the Moores heard it and read it they were much pleased with such a Law whereby they might lye with their slaves and upon the giving of this Law and Capter they were reconciled to him and favoured him so much that they all went and exclaimed against his Wives and told them that God threatned them if they would not return to him Insomuch that their Parents went to Muhamed to entreate him to receive them again because they desired no man but himself And so with this Law and Chapter all things were in peace Now speak O Moore and consider that Muhamed is not blameless in his actions although the said Chapter doe much favour him For although in this Chapter he permits the Moores to lye with their slaves yet it doth not follow but that Muhamed committed Adultery Because the Chapter was published and the Law given to the Moores after Muhamed had known the slave and had been twice taken with her And besides that Chapter doth not acquit Muhamed from the guilt of perjury because he sware and engaged his faith to his Wives that he would never touch the said young Wench again So that although the Chapter doe favour Muhamed and the Moores were pleased with the Chapter and the loose liberty which they got thereby nevertheless O Moore thou must confess that Muhamed is guilty of such things as doe not become a holy man much less a person so high and excellent as ye make Muhamed yea the most holy most perfect and most choice creature that God ever created as he calls himself and as ye say in Arabick O Muhamed hayri halquilleh i. e. That Muhamed is the most chosen man of God and if you give him so high a title and he himself assumes it and is so called it had been very reasonable and just that he should have been the chastest honestest and truest man in the world for a mans conditions should agree with the title and dignity of the man Finally O Moore I desire thee to observe and consider hitherto what works and actions the Alcoran and the Suné are full of and compare them with the works and deeds which the Evangelists of Jesus Christ our Saviour hold forth and thou shalt see how the deeds and works of our Saviour agree with his dignity and his holy names who is called in the Alcoran Hice Almaceh quelimetu allah guaroh allah i. e. Jesus the Christ the word of God and the spirit of God of which three names no

the faith of Jesus Christ why tarriest thou then O Moore why dost thou not become a Christian that thou mayest goe to the place where this Christian Martyr is I believe that divers Moores hear this aforesaid but doe not believe it but bid thou the Moore which denies it to read the gloss of Alzamaxeri and the gloss of Buhatia and if he doe not find what I have set down above word for word in the said two glosses let him call me the greatest lyer in the world This History his Grace Martin Gartia Lord Bishop of Barchinone hath set down in his Book of the Alcoran which I translated out of Arabick into the Spanish tongue by his Graces command and himself hath the said two Arabick glossaries Yee must know that the Alcoran holds forth and attributes three excellencies to our Lord Jesus Christ which it doth not give to any other of the Prophets not to Moses Abraham David no nor to Muhamed The first is that which the Alcoran mentions in the second Chapter of the first Book viz. That he ascended to Heaven in Soul and Body and upon this place the Suné sayes that he must come into the world to judge as a just Judge in Arabick and the Suné he sayes thus Oguayniziolo c. i. e that Jesus the Son of Mary shall come down to the earth and shall be a just Judge therein The second excellency which the Alcoran attributes to Jesus Christ is that it calls him Calimethuallah i. e. The word of God The third is that he is called in the Alcoran Rohc alkodus allah i. e. The holy Spirit of God of which two names never was any man worthy nor ever will be so that having proved that Jesus Christ is the word of God and the holy Spirit of God it is proved that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and very God This appears in the third Chapter of the first Book of the Alcoran which in Arabick runs thus Omet mazeho c. i. e. The Messras Jesus the Son of Mary is no other than the word of God sent to Mary the Spirit of God himself and the messenger of God by which words O Moore thou mayest see that he declares that Jesus Christ is God and Man CHAP. XII The twelfth and last Chapter treateth and sheweth that Christians should not wonder why Muhamed's Sect hath so propagated and that the Moores should not be so presumptuous and say as they usually doe that if their Religion were not good it had never propagated so much for that reason is of no waight It likewise sheweth how Muhamed's Disciples carried themselves after his death and what discords contests and murthers were practised amongst them for dominion and the Vanities of this world and to become Kings Califes and great Potentates NOw to the end that Christians may not have occasion or ground to wonder and much less the Moores to presume I will lay down three causes whereby the Sect of the Moores hath propagated and augmented but not by any goodness in it self The first cause was that Muhamed began and instituted this Law or Religion of the Moores in a Nation very rustick ignorant beastly and Idolatrous being men voyd and destitute of all knowledge and understanding for amongst that people were no Logicians Astrologers Philosophers nor Physicians but they were all earthly given to eating drinking and luxury an ignorant and rude people as the Alcoran calls them in the first Chapter of the first Book in Arabick Sufeha i. e. ignorant people The Countrey likewise was full of Idolaters aswell in Arabia the happy as in Arabia the great and throughout all Persia and Armenia where were twelve sorts or Sects of Idolaters as we shewed in the first Chapter of this book some of them worshiped a tree unto which they Sacrifised and annually celebrated Feasts and a kind of Easter which tree they called Detulanger the Lord and Captain of the Province where this tree was in Muhamed's time was called Azamahinali Others worshipped a great statue made of a black metall which was three fathoms long this Idoll was called Bohinum and it was in the Province of Armenia the Lord and Captain of this Idoll in Muhameds time was called Alquazad Others in Armenia worshipped the Sun and the Prince of that people was called Sanharben Carquar They of Mecca and the Provinces adjacent worshipped Alzete and Alluza as we have said before so that Muhamed began his Sect amongst the most blockish people in the world and unto these Muhamed gave to understand that they were Idolaters and that they ought to worship the God of heaven and earth who was the true God who had Created the Heavens the Planets the earth and the waters that caused rain to fall from heaven and fruits to proceed from the earth for Man and beast that God who caused men to dye and after death to rise again for to reward every man according to his deserts with glory or punishment that God who created the Paradises with so many excellent things for the blessed and that God who created Hell with so many Torments for the Damned All which they of Mecca and the other Idolaters denyed and by his preaching this aforesaid to them which is the Contents of half the Alcoran divers began to believe in Muhameds Law or Sect many likewise were induced to believe Muhamed by reason of the great boasting and threatning which he used when hee read the Alcoran and the scrowles of the Punishment of their predecessors viz. Those who are drowned in the world by the Deluge and who escaped in the Ark of Noah also the People of Lot and of the five Cities which are very neer unto Mecca he also threatned and terrified them with the example of Pharaohs People and the nine plagues which God sent upon them and told them how they were swallowed up in the Sea because they did not believe in Moses hee also terrified them with the pains of Hell and with the horror of the things which hee writes of Hell which is obvious in divers chapters of the Alcoran and thus they beleeved in Muhamed and were perswaded that he who Created all things and hath power over all was the true God so that whereas Muhamed converted them to his own opinion and made them know nine Articles of the Christian faith and those other things of the Christian faith expressed in the precedent Chapter if he had as well given them knowledge of the whole Christian faith and had injoyned them to believe all the 12. Articles and be Baptised he had done very well and they had all been Christians but hee would not doe so because he could not that way have made himself so great as he did The immoderate ambition wherewith Muhamed was transported hath undone the Moores and been the cause of his own and their error and utter perdition Yet this wee must believe that the Moores who believed in God and acknowledged that he