Note 109
A Beidawi, apud Sale. Koran, c. 9, p. 164.
The refusal to pray for an unbelieving kindred is justified,
according to Mahomet, by the duty of a prophet, and the
example of Abraham, who reprobated his own father as an
enemy of God. Yet Abraham (he adds, c. 9, v. 116. Maracci,
tom. ii. p. 317) fuit sane pius, mitis.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
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