Syed Ameer Ali Critical Examination of the Life and Teachings of Mohammed

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The idea of a future existence, the product of a gradual develop ment - The idea of a future life among the Egyptians - the Jews - the Aryans-the Zoroastrians - The Jewish belief in a personal Messiah - The geal origin of this belief - The character of the Christian traditions - The strongly developed idea of an imme diate Kingdom of Heaven in the mind of Jesus and the early disciples - Paradise and Hell, according to the traditional words of J csus - The millenarian dream - How it has died away - The Islamic conception of a future existence - The parabolic character of many verses of the Koran - Progressive development, a necessity of human nature - The Koranic conception of present and future happiness - Notes. P. 263 to 287.