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longer shoved aside, but allowed to pass. Bewildered, half-pleased, they come to the front. Mahound speaks without opening his eyes.
"This is a gathering of many poets," he says clearly, "and I cannot claim to be one of them. But I am the Messenger, and I bring verses from a greater One than any here assembled." "In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful! "By the Pleiades when they set: Your companion is not in error; neither is he deviating. "Nor does he speak from his own desires. It is a revelation that has been revealed: one mighty in power has taught him. "He stood on the high horizon: the lord of strength. Then he
The audience is losing patience. Religion is for the temple; J ahilians and pilgrims alike are here for entertainment. Silence the fellow! Throw him out! -- But Abu Simbel speaks again. "If your God has really spoken to you," he says, "then all the world must hear it." And in an instant the silence in the great tent is complete.
"_The Star_," Mahound cries out, and the scribes begin to write.