D.
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Hughes, Thomas Patrick
B,
equal to
200
H,
equal,,to,,
500
R,
200
equal,,to,,
20,000
A,
equal,,to,,
100
M,
40
equal,,to,,
4,000
Total
24,800
The exorcist should then, in order to call in the help of the genii, recite the following formula, not fewer than 24,800 times:—
Yā Danūshu! for the sake of the Eternal One!
Yā Hūshu! for the sake of the Guide!
Yā Rahūshu! for the sake of the Lord!
Yā Qayupūshu! for the sake of Allāh!
Yā Majbūshu! for the sake of the King!
The exorcist will perform this recital with his face turned towards the house of the object he wishes to affect, and burn the perfumes indicated according to the table for the letters of Bahrām’s name.
There are very many other methods of performing this exorcism, but the foregoing will suffice as a specimen of the kind of service. [MAGIC.]
DAY. The Muḥammadan day commences at sun-set; our Thursday evening, for example, being the beginning of the Muslim Friday. The Arabic Yaum denotes the day of twenty-four hours, and Nahār, the day in contradistinction to the night (lail). The days of the week are as follows:—
Yaumu ʾl-aḥad, first-day, Sunday.
Yaumu ʾl-is̤nain, second day, Monday.
Yaumu ʾs̤-s̤alās̤āʾ, third day, Tuesday.
Yaumu ʾl-arbāʿ, fourth day, Wednesday.
Yaumu ʾl-k͟hamīs, Thursday.
Yaumu ʾl-jumʿah, Day of Assembly, Friday.
Yaumu ʾs-sabt, Sabbath-day, Saturday.
Of the days of the week, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, are esteemed good and auspicious; the others evil. (Qānūn-i-Islām, p. 403.) Friday is the special day appointed by Muḥammad for meeting in the chief mosque for public worship. [FRIDAY.]
DAY OF JUDGMENT. [RESURRECTION.]