Note [original edition] : Nine signs;] These were, the changing his rod into a serpent, the making his hand
white and shining, the producing locusts, lice, frogs, and blood, the dividing
of the Red Sea, the bringing water out of the rock, and the shaking of mount
Sinai over the children of
Israel. In lieu of the three last some reckon the
inundation of the Nile, the blasting of the corn, and scarcity of the fruits
of the earth
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These words, however, are interpreted by others, not of
nine
miracles, but of
nine commandments, which
Moses gave his people, and were thus
numbered up by
Mohammed himself to a
Jew, who asked him the question,
viz.
That they should not be guilty of idolatry, nor steal, nor commit adultery or
murder, nor practise sorcery or usury, nor accuse an innocent man to take away
his life, or a modest woman of whoredom, nor desart the army; to which he
added the observing of the sabbath, as a tenth commandment, but which
peculiarly regarded the
Jews: upon which answer, it is said, the
Jew kissed
the prophet’s hands and feet
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Idem, Jallalo’ddin.
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Al Beidawi.