Excerpt from Pearls of the Faith: Or Islam's Rosary, Being Ninety-Nine Beautiful Manes of Allah With Comments in Verse From Various Oriental Sources It is a custom of many pious Muslims to employ in their devotions a three-stringed chaplet, each string containing thirty-three beads and each bead representing one of the "ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah," whenever this use - among many other religious uses - is made of it. The Korân bids them "celebrate Allah with an abundant celebration," and on certain occasions - such as during the intervals of the Tarâwih night service in Ramadhân - the Faithful pass these ninety-nine beads of the rosary through their fingers, repeating with each "Name of God" an ejaculation of praise and worship. Such an exercise is called Zikr, or "remembrance," and the rosary Masba'hah. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.